185+ Monday Memes That Will Make Your Week Better

Monday Memes – Ah, Monday. The day when your weekend is over and you realize how much work you actually have to get done in five days. It’s a day to be productive and set the tone for the rest of the week. And, while that sounds great in theory, we all know waking up on Monday can feel like a Herculean task.

Fortunately for everyone else who’s feeling just as desperate for Friday as you are, there’s something that makes Mondays better. Something that has nothing to do with caffeine or willpower but everything to do with finding humor in the situation: memes.

The best funny Monday memes Every time I wake up on Monday morning I can hear this super sad song in my head playing, reads one of those ridiculously familiar meme images featuring an old photo and capitalized captioning from your Great Aunt Brenda (only every single one of them still manages to crack you up).

While these images might approach being as ancient as some kind of primordial internet ooze at this point, let it be known they’re not going away anytime soon.

Why Monday Memes Are Essential

For most people, Monday is probably equivalent to a mountain that’s far too high. After two days of bliss and freedom, the looming work or school week ahead can seem a bit much. But guess what? Monday memes exist and make your day all the more wonderful! These memes are funny shutdowns to your case of the Mondays by adding some humor and just reacting to the feeling when it comes to how many cases there are.

Why do Monday memes work so well? They tap into the collective memory of the weekly grind. Whether you’re crawling out of bed after hitting snooze a few too many times or bleary-eyed and caffeine-deprived, when you see Monday memes, that simple message lets you know we’re all in this together. Laugh through the pain…and have an easier Monday because of it.

Monday Memes

1. Monday Blues

A meme of someone wrestling to escape a bed, capturing the pure Monday morning horror.

2. Monday Coffee Needed

A meme of a coffee cup, which is the only thing that can get most people through a Monday.

3. The Snooze Button

A meme of someone repeatedly hitting the snooze button, because they don’t want to get up and face Monday.

4. Monday Morning Struggles

A meme featuring someone in bed with a thought bubble that reads, “I don’t want to get up,” pretty much sums up how we all feel about the start of the week.

5. Monday Motivation?

A meme of someone looking unmotivated and tired and questioning the very concept of Monday motivation.

6. Me on Monday

A meme of somebody looking at their computer screen, and they haven’t even uttered a word; they’ve already had enough of the week.

7. Monday Face

I don’t know about you, but this is basically my face when I wake up on Monday morning.

8. The “Not Ready” Meme

A picture of that feeling when you look at the calendar and realize it’s almost Monday, but you’re not mentally—or emotionally—prepared for it.

9. The Monday Caffeine Fix

A meme of someone holding their coffee mug for dear life, because, Monday.

10. The Weekend Hangover

It’s a common meme, the one of someone who looks disheveled with a thought bubble that says, “Where did the weekend go?”

11. The Monday Slump

One person posted a picture of a Halloween scene with inflatable decorations, saying that when people asked him why he had so many, he would tell them it was a “family photo.”

12. The ‘Not My Job’ Meme

A Meme, Showing someone looking at an inbox full of mail and thinking, “Not my problem; it’s Monday.”

13. Monday FOMO

A meme about a person watching their friends have a good time while they have to work on a Monday.

14. Monday Mood: Over It

A meme of someone throwing their hands up in frustration, ready to quit before the day even starts.

15. The Coffee-Dependent Meme

A meme of a person with a giant mug of coffee, exclaiming that coffee is the only thing keeping them alive on Monday.

16. The Endless To-Do List

A meme of a to-do list so long it’s ridiculous, because that is honestly how some Mondays feel.

17. Monday After a Busy Weekend

A meme of someone looking exhausted from having had fun over the weekend, but now they have to do a bunch of stuff they don’t want to.

18. The Monday Affirmation

A meme of someone trying to pep talk themselves with, “It’s just one day,” as they head into the office.

19. The I’ll Start Monday Meme

A meme of someone saying, “I’ll start the week right… tomorrow,” and they never actually get started.

20. The I’m Not Ready Meme

A meme of someone sitting at their desk, staring at the clock in horror when they realize it’s Monday.

21. The Monday Alarm

A picture popped up in my Fb newsfeed that made me laugh out loud because it is the truest thing.

22. The “Is it Friday yet?” meme

This one is for those people who start the week wishing it was Friday at 9 AM.

23. The Monday Text

A meme of someone reading a text saying, “Let’s meet up!” but inside they’re thinking, “I’ll be napping, thanks.”

24. The Weekend Already Feels Far Away

Image of someone staring at their work calendar and realizing how long the week actually is.

25. The Morning Struggle

A meme of a person walking to the bathroom when they are still half-asleep and thinking, Why is it Monday?

26. Monday, Please Be Gentle

A meme of someone gently cradling their mug, praying for the week to be gentle.

27. The Monday Resignation

A meme showing someone giving a sarcastic “resignation”-type “letter” to Monday, basically saying they don’t care and have already mentally checked out.

28. The Return to Reality

A meme showing someone walking into their office after the weekend, greeted by a stack of emails and stress.

29. The I Need a Nap Meme

A meme of someone yawning on Monday morning, already looking forward to the weekend’s nap time.

30. Monday Burnout

A meme of someone looking frazzled, with papers scattered everywhere. Meaning the workload on Mondays.

31. The Unwanted Monday

A meme of someone staring at their calendar, and the only thing on it you can see is Tuesday.

32. When You Realize It’s Monday

I’ve noticed a meme circulating in which someone is going through their regular Monday morning routine and slowly realizes that it is, in fact, Monday.

33. The Monday Sunshine Meme

A meme of someone looking out the window, thinking the sun should be brighter today—but instead it’s still Monday.

34. The “Not Ready for This” Face

A meme of someone with their eyes so wide they didn’t even have to open their mouth to tell you that they weren’t ready for Monday, the week, or anything for that matter.

35. The Coffee VS Monday Meme

When that first cup of coffee tries to slap you Monday morning, but it just isn’t happening.

36. Monday Detox

A meme of someone trying to pull themselves out of bed, saying, “I need a detox from the weekend, to  actually survive Monday.”

37. The Monday Time Loop

Me staring at the clock on Monday, ready for the day to be over, only to realize it’s 9 o’clock.

38. The “Back to the Grind” Meme

Me getting ready mentally to come back to the workweek grind.

39. The Weekend Flashback

A meme of someone thinking back to the weekend before remembering it’s Monday again.

40. Monday Is for Coffee

A Monday meme in the form of gif image that you could relate to. It’s a cup of coffee or a beautiful glass, and someone is asking,

41. The Reluctant Desk Worker

A meme of a man trudging reluctantly to his desk because he has thousands of hours of INTERNETTING… errr, I mean work… to do.

42. The Long Road Ahead

A meme of someone looking down a hallway that never ends, symbolizing how the workweek starts on Monday and seems to go on forever.

43. The Monday Catch-Up

A meme that perfectly depicts the struggle of trying to catch up on work from the previous week but then realizing it’s only Monday.

44. The “I Can’t Do This” Meme

A meme of someone dramatically saying, “I can’t do this,” right before jumping into their Monday work.

 45. The Monday Procrastination

A meme, with someone saying “I’ll get started in 5 minutes” on a Monday Morning, but they never do.

46. The Alarm Clock Meme

Can I not get one more hour of sleep on Monday?

47. The Pre-Meeting Stress

Image of someone already dressed for work in a suit while still in bed on Sunday night.

48. The “I need more coffee” meme

This meme is usually a picture of someone at their desk drinking a cup of coffee, with the

49. The Endless Email Meme

A meme of someone opening their inbox on Monday and realizing it’s flooded with emails from the weekend.

50. The Early Morning Regret

A meme of someone looking at their alarm clock that says 6 am, and they regret staying up late on Sunday.

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