It's Monday and you're having trouble motivating yourself? Do you know the hashtag #MondayMotivation from Twitter and Instagram? Every Monday, Internet users share their motivation tips to start the week! Decryption and advice with Véronica Olivieri-Daniel, clinical psychologist.

What is #MondayMotivation hashtag?
Are you prone to the Sunday night blues? Every Monday morning, is it a real ordeal to go back to the office? There is a solution to become more positive at the start of the week and make you love returning to the office at the end of the weekend: the hashtag #mondaymotivation. The principle is simple: Internet users publish inspiring quotes in order to (find) a smile and (re)give it to their subscribers. For example, "turn towards the sun and the sun will be behind you", or "if you can dream it, you can do it". Others prefer to post photos of animals, nature or even food. Anyway, the idea remains the same: change your perception of things to start the week with joy and good humor.

What is the translation of Monday Motivation?
"Monday" means "Monday" in English and "Motivation" has the same meaning as "motivation" in French. Monday Motivation stands for "Monday Motivation".

Where did the hashtag #MondayMotivation come from?
The hashtag #mondaymotivation has emerged on social networks. It is part of the movement of positive thinking which aims to modify one's perception of events to visualize the positive in each situation and learn to put things into perspective. In other words, see the glass half full rather than half empty!

Do mantras and quotes really change your perception of things?
Véronica Olivieri-Daniel: From a strictly professional point of view, I think that mantras and other quotes to motivate yourself on Mondays don't work at all. It's not the quotes themselves that have an impact, but the fact that the person is trying to convince themselves that it has an effect on them. We could compare this to the placebo effect: it is not the pill that has effects, the effects come from the idea that the person has of them.