Leave your charging cord for your phone at home? Your daughter forgot the folder she “absolutely needs or else I’m going to fail high school” at home? Do you need to get gas and you’re already running late? Yep, it’s probably Tuesday.

For years, I’ve been convinced Tuesdays are the worst day of the week, and here’s why: You can brace yourself for the rude awakening that is Monday, Wednesdays mean you’re halfway there, Thursday is just Friday eve and Fridays, well, they are glorious. Tuesdays are like the blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers in my office candy jar. Hardly anyone picks them as their favorite, and you should be wary of those who do.

The few people who don’t share this “Tuesdays are the spawn of Satan” mentality have told me that Tuesdays are the most productive day of the week. I even read a study that says that Tuesdays between 10 a.m. and noon is the most productive time of the entire week. At one former job, they started a campus-wide healthy employee initiative on a Tuesday because, they said, diets that started on Tuesdays were more effective than those that started on Mondays. I call BS.

Tuesday’s child may be full of grace, but for some reason, most of my Tuesdays are full of meetings. In the fall, there are no football games on Tuesday nights. The stock market crash of 1929? OK, it started on a Thursday but stock prices continued to plummet through Tuesday, giving us the term Black Tuesday and the start of the Great Depression. Elvis Presley? Died on a Tuesday.

Even the promise of Taco Tuesday doesn’t take away from the fact that time even moves more slowly on Tuesdays. Don’t believe me? It’s science.

So in 20 minutes when you’re still lamenting the fact that Wednesday is hours away still and time is seemingly standing still, comfort yourself with the fact that next Tuesday won’t come around for another week.

Originally posted to Jeezopeets.com in October 2019.