Axios Finish Line

February 25, 2026
Welcome back! Tonight's host is Carly Mallenbaum, who wants to cultivate that Tuesday feeling.
- Smart Brevity™ count: 302 words … 1 min. Edited by Ashley May and Amy Stern.
1 big thing: Turning up Tuesday
Making Tuesdays more memorable could keep the rest of the week from dragging, Axios' Carly Mallenbaum writes.
📅 The big picture: It's probably Tuesday if you don't remember what day it is.
- Aside from Fat Tuesday and Election Day, "Tuesday has no feel," as Newman once put it on "Seinfeld."
- It's when a number of restaurants and museums close.
😱 Mondays are feared most. Wednesdays are the hump. Thursdays are almost Friday. Fridays are the ones we're most thankful for. And then there's the weekend. Tuesdays get lost.
Zoom in: Tuesday can feel like the longest day of the week because that's when the cognitive load of workweek tasks ramps up, social psychologist Frank McAndrew writes.
- The good news: Tuesday's lack of personality can be a good thing because you can make it what you want.
Try this: Give Tuesday its own ritual that you look forward to. Some ideas…
- 🌮 Do something food-focused: Think Taco Tuesday or a designated family dinner night.
- 👟 Turn Tuesdays into move days: After all, it's the most popular day to sweat, per ClassPass data.
- 🧠 Make it your cerebral day: Researchers have found it's a good day for inspiration. Be open to new ideas and deep conversation, à la Mitch Albom's weekly professor chats that became "Tuesdays With Morrie."
Carly's thought bubble: While writing this story, on a Tuesday, I genuinely forgot it was the day of my weekly meeting to talk about Finish Line stories.
- 🎯 It's time to take my own advice.
2. 🍬 Parting shot: Cotton-candy skies

Finish Line reader Gayle Brooke sent along this sunset shot from her home in Lake Odessa, Mich.
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