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Sisyphus — The human condition versus the absurd repetition of meaningless tasks.
Do you feel that Mondays are like pushing a boulder uphill?
For many, yes!
So much so, that just the thought of getting out of bed consumes an enormous amount of energy, kills motivation, and even affects our mental health.
Some may be caught up in the myth of Sisyphus without even knowing it.
Sisyphus was a Greek king known for his cunning and his ability to deceive both men and gods.
He challenged divine authority several times, even managing to outwit death when he chained Thanatos, the god in charge of taking the dead to the underworld, thus preventing anyone from dying for a while.
Zeus, exhausted by his arrogance and his rebellion against the established order, decided to punish him.
Several were the punishments thought for Sisyphus, each one terrible, however, he was assigned the worst of them.
His punishment consisted of pushing a large rock up a mountain, only to see it fall each time it reached the top, repeating itself for eternity.
This myth symbolizes the human condition in the face of the absurd repetition of tasks with no apparent sense.
- Why am I pushing this rock?
