One TikToker started using a method called ""bare minimum Mondays"" to describe a work strategy she used to mitigate burnout and stress — and the term has since gone viral.
Marisa Jo Mayes, 29, told Insider she was working in sales when she found herself burnt out. So, she quit her job at a medical manufacturing company and co-founded a productivity tools startup called Spacetime Monotasking, according to her LinkedIn.
But it didn't fix anything for the Atlanta resident. ""I was still approaching work the same way as in my corporate job,"" she told the outlet, in a ""cycle of stress and burnout.""
Mayes then decided on a new approach. Instead of creating a massive to-do list every Sunday and burning herself out trying to accomplish it every Monday, she set a new mandate: do the bare minimum on Mondays.
