What to have less stress on Monday mornings? Pick out what you’re going to wear the night before. Recent research shows that we spend more time getting ready on Monday than any other day of the week – about twice as long as on Tuesday and four times as long as on Friday. On Mondays, we’re subconsciously more concerned with making a great impression on coworkers who haven’t seen us for a few days, a feeling that disappears as the work week goes on.