It is common practice to wish someone well whenever they are starting a thing for the first time, the belief that good wishes make the task easy to accomplish accounts for this age-long practice.
Many often say the phrase ‘Happy New Week’ as one of the many good wishes, and like other good wishes, its usage primarily represents a good start and an ability to undertake any task the week holds with ease.
However, the continuous usage of the phrase has made it sound redundant and often ineffective, as some people find it old-fashioned. Rest assured, we will offer additional choices to replace the phrase ‘happy new week’ and examples using them in this section. Continue reading to explore the diverse alternatives.
35 Correct Responses to Happy New Week.
Diving right away, here are 35 alternative ways to say the phrase ‘ Happy New Week’. They include:
- Splendid Day Ahead
- Welcome to a Fresh Start
- Make the week count.
- Another Day to work hard.
- Welcome to another week.
- It’s a new week, time to get started
- So long a week
- Good luck with your schedules.
- Success through the week.
- Reinvent the week.
- Greater height this week.
- Give this week your best shot.
- Re-write your chance.
- Seize the week
- Face the week head-on.
- Secure the bag
- Blast through the week
- Shine on this week
- Keep Grinding
- Beat your target
- Stay less fatigued this week.
- I hope this week makes a difference
- May the week turn out as you wish
- Chart your course
- Solidify your quest this week
- Stay woke
- May your creativity flow this week.
- Glide through each day with grace.
- Perpetual progress throughout the days of this week.
- Enjoy the days ahead,
- Stay away from trouble this week.
- Godspeed this week.
- Do better this week.
- Savor the week’s goodness
- It is happy already
1. Splendid Day Ahead.
The phrase splendid day ahead replaces the cliche ‘happy new week’ although bearing the same meaning.
‘Splendid day ahead’ as a replacing phrase removes the commonness of the former phrase ‘happy new week’, adding a fresh face and feel to wishing someone well.
- In this new week, I wish you a splendid day ahead.
2. Welcome to a Fresh Start.
Often used when the previous week turned out stressful and wrought with a lot of challenges. The statement ‘welcome to a fresh start’ considers the hurdles faced in navigating the previous week and seeks to cancel that out by wishing and praying for a better day in the week present.
For a better understanding, consider these examples:
- It was tough last week for Patrick. We hope he gets a fresh start this week.
3. Make the week count
Is an admonishment to a person to take advantage of the new week to make something worthwhile of themselves, especially if the previous week yielded little to no results.
The statement, aside from being a prayer, is also friendly advice to get someone who is indolent to get to work and make something of themselves, given that opportunities wait for no one.
For example:
- You wasted the whole of last week doing nothing. Please make the week count.
- Let this week differ from last, so I implore you to make it count.
4. Another Day to Work Hard.
The statement, when used instead of a ‘happy new week’, is an encouragement to continue with a task that went well in the previous week and a nudge to double the effort in the new week.
From an excellent design of a workspace, checking out sales order, or something as simple as taking the trash, anything that fosters a betterment of the new week is what the statement ‘ another day to work hard entails’
For example:
- Let’s do better boys. It’s another day to work hard.
5. Welcome to Another Week.
When you intend to express the pleasure of seeing a beautiful day with the hopes of the week leaning in your favor, then the statement ‘ welcome to another week’ is most suitable to say in replacement of the phrase ‘happy new week’.
Apart from the latter statement being old-fashioned and may not clearly express the excitement inherent in a new week, it also does not carry the tone of formality when paired with the synonym ‘welcome to another week which meets the criteria mentioned above.
For clarity, consider these examples:
- The excited team hoped for the best in the week entered.
6. It’s a new week, time to get started.
Start with the statement when you intend to support, encourage, and have a person do a previous task that spilled into a new week.
‘it’s a new week, time to get started’ puts a balance between good luck wish and the need to undertake an activity, on one end it pushes you to avoid stalling and then gives you the encouragement you need to get done with an activity, making it a viable alternative to the statement ‘happy new week’.
For example:
- Okay everyone, it’s time to get started this week, let’s stop stalling.
7. So long a week.
‘So long a week” is a clarion call and a fire in the belly statement that drives you to brace up for a daunting activity inherent in the week entered.
Save for being a call to get ready and do what is necessary, it also acts as a word of succor to what lies ahead. For example
- We will be having a lot to cover up this week, so my friend, so long a week.
8. Good luck with your schedule.
For instance, when you want to wish good luck to someone who has got a tight routine in the days ahead; a project, a deadline, etc. while imploring them to put their back on the task at hand, the statement ‘good luck with your schedule’ fits this scenario.
The statement is a semi-formal way to get someone charged up to do a somewhat grueling activity while also wishing them positivity as they do it and can be a relative comment to the statement ‘Happy New Week.’ for example
- The files and other documents need to be attended to this week. so, good luck with your schedule.
9. Success through the week.
More like a prayer than a good wish, ‘success through the week’ suggests a thoughtful and positive confession to someone or yourself to scale through the challenge inherent in the week entered.
This statement is used to describe a previous week that was challenging and filled with difficulties, which people hope to avoid repeating. For example.
- Last week came and gone, it’s a new week and I wish you nothing but success through it.
10. Reinvent the week.
‘Reinvent the week is a call to utilize your ability to chart a better course in how you want things to play out for you while also adding a spark of creativity in how it is said.
Said with a vigor that ignites a call to action, the statement puts in the mind of who it is said to the urgency to give their all in achieving what they plan to get done in the week entered, hence a better replacement to ‘happy new week’ example
- We will be adding a little tweak to our previous duties this week, let’s reinvent the week.
11. Greater Heights this week.
If you choose not to say ‘Happy New Week’ and your wish to a friend, colleague or special someone is to have them start the week and end it in great success, try telling them the statement ‘greater heights this week’s.
The statement when said expresses delight and an optimistic view to the week just started with the hope that everything will go as planned by you or someone else.
For example,
- Remember, we control what we want to make of ourselves, so greater heights this week.
12. Give this week your best shot.
For a better understanding of the statement ‘give this week your best shot’ and its usage as a replacement for ‘happy new week’ consider the scenario below.
A factory worker who is much loved by colleagues and employees underperformed in the previous week and due to their underperformance brought production low.
At the start of the new week given his charisma, he told me to give his best shot this week, what it means is that, his previous effort last week needs to be doubled else he risks the chance of being laid off.
For example:
- Hannah’s underperformance last week was due to an illness. We hope she gives her best shot this week.
13. Rewrite Your Chance.
To rewrite one chance is to make amends for a previous failure or mishap to be efficient at a given task, and in the context of an alternative to ‘happy new week’, it is no different. The statement is a cold way to tell someone to do better or end up a loser, for example,
- Don’t try being soft on them, it’s a new week and they have little time to rewrite their chance.
14. Seize the week.
Another direct and somewhat encouraging way to nudge a person to stop sulking and make the best out of the current week before then is to tell them the statement ‘seize the week’.
‘seize the week’ as an alternative to ‘Happy New Week’ is a call to a person to get started on a task even though their attempt at it the previous week yielded little effort.
Here’s a hint:
- This week is another opportunity to do better, so seize it.
15. Face the week head-on.
Mostly when the week ahead is bound to be laced with challenges and tough encounters, telling a person to face the week head-on instead of a ‘happy new week’ makes your statement resonate with their current predicament.
Unlike the statement ‘happy new week’ which assumes that the week will go in one favor without taking cognizance of the underlying factors, the former statement identifies and comments with an individual pain point while giving a nudge to do better.
For example:
- Believe that you’ve got this and face the week head-on.
16. Secure the Bag.
For those looking out for the next big deal and money-making opportunity, telling them to secure the bag instead of a happy new week, is an urge to keep the grind going.
Often, these people tend to be workaholics and every new week only entails doing better, hence probably wishing them a happy new week may not pass a relatable message as when you tell them to secure the bag.
- Alright everyone! Now is the week we’ve been waiting for. Let’s secure the bag.
17. Blast through the week.
Let the energy and vigor associated with the new week cause you to tell someone infected energy to blast through the week.
When substituted for ‘happy new week’ the statement connotes a fiery desire to accomplish everything the week has to offer while staying levelheaded through your conquest.
For example:
- Like a raging bull, let’s blast through this week to better accomplishment.
18. Shine on this week.
Again, the statement ‘shine on this week’ as used in replacing the phrase ‘happy new week’ is a way to tell a person to keep up their good work and success recorded in the previous week and spill it over to the new week.
‘Shine on this week’ recognizes a person’s effort and determination placed in the previous week and suggests that they continue at the pace of their achievement.
For example:
- Issac’s achievement last week should spur him to shine this week.
19. Keep Grinding.
At first glance, you’re probably wondering how this statement fits as an alternative to ‘happy new week’, well it does and I’d tell you how
Picture someone on the verge of giving up on an idea or task all because the result isn’t forthcoming, however, an expert who’s been In that situation before knows that victory is at the corner, To boost the morale of this person, the statement ‘keep grinding ‘ becomes handy.
For example:
- Who says it is impossible, this week we all have to keep grinding.
20. Beat your target.
A statement that gives the vibe of striving, grinding, and working towards the set aim and can be interchanged with the phrase ‘happy new week’ are the words ‘best your target’.
‘Beat your target’ inspires and causes you to keep doing what you’ve been doing in the previous week into this week with the assurance that things will go as planned for you.
For example,
- Have no thought to throw in the towel, I need you to beat your target this week.
21. Stay less Fatigued this week.
A statement suggesting a cool off, break or ice to the steam on the neck-breaking quest for meeting ends meet every week is no other but ‘stay less fatigued this week’
By suggesting to a person to stay less fatigued this week, you are very much in the know about the individual every active lifestyle that you are requesting that they take a break and see to their health to avoid the chance of a breakdown.
For example:
- Get some rest this week, you’d need to stay less fatigued.
22. I hope this week makes a difference.
After repeated failures or unsuccessful attempts to make headway on a project or thing of concern, wishing a person that the current week makes a difference is a way to express a belief in their struggles and a prayer that things will work out just alright.
For example:
- I recognize your effort bro, and I hope this week makes a difference.
- Follow your heart my dear and don’t stop trying, I hope this week makes a difference.
23. May the week turn out as you want.
A prayer like the former alternative is to use the statement ‘may the week turn out as you want’ in place of ‘happy new week’.
The statement portrays a strong conviction that things are bound to work in your favor and all that is required is the requisite faith to back up the claim.
- I am confident that this week will turn out in your favor.
24. Chart your Course
A carefree and lenient way to tell someone a ‘happy new week’ is to chip in the statement ‘chart your course.’ Chart your Course depicts that not only do you wish a person a splendid week but they are at liberty to run wild with their imagination in achieving whatever it is they have set for themselves as long as it’s in line with good morals.
For example;
- We want everyone to do what is right without restrictions this week, so kids, chart your course.
25. Solidify your quest this week.
‘Happy new week’ as a statement with a theme to boost one’s pursuit in the present week may sound a bit odd as it does nothing to appreciate the effort of an individual in striving for their goals, hence using a substitute.
‘Solidify your quest’ as used gives a sense of association and acceptance of a person’s troubles and in essence, supports them towards a better way to tackle the given problem.
For example,
- Enjoy the moment and worry less. Use this week to solidify your quest.
26. Stay Woke
‘Stay woke’ is a very loose way to say the statement ‘happy new week’ as its meaning represents the need to look out for opportunities in the week that open doors to a person’s progress.
Compared to the previous statement ‘Happy New Week, the former gives a direct request and best wishes to be on the lookout for avenues to succeed in the week, hence making it a better alternative.’
- Now we need to make this week count. Stay woke pals.
27. May your creativity flow this week.
The alternative given in the section works best for those whose profession and specialty have to do with creativity. It is a wish that the start of the new week comes with ingenious ideas and a heavy spark of creativity, especially if the previous week had them battling a creative block.
Say you have an artist friend scared to make any portrait for fear of lack of creativity in the new week entered, then using the statement ‘may your creativity flow this week’ is the word of prayer they need to get the day started and battle the self-doubt.
For example:
- Don’t be afraid buddy, I am confident your creativity will flow this week.
28. Glide through each day with grace.
A time off and romantic alternative to the statement ‘happy new week’ is using the words ‘ glide through each day with grace’. This alternative works well for couples, lovers, and friends in a distant relationship.
By using the alternative, you are implying and wishing that they have a blissful week ahead that is stress and worry-free, like a hot knife sliding through butter. For example.
- This week brings with it peace and happiness. Glide through each day with grace, my darling.
- It is with peace and a cheerful heart I welcome you to the new week, bestie, glide through each day with grace.
29. Perpetual progress throughout the days of this week.
While this suggested alternative is a mouthful, its meaning goes deeper as a wish than telling a person ‘happy new week’. Considering the construct around using the phrase ‘happy new week’, which is a casual and nonchalant way of wishing a person a good week ahead.
The statement suggested in this section goes beyond this construct and personalizes the wish with the intention that the person it’s directed to experience progress through the week.
- It is a new week. May perpetual progress be your lot throughout the days of this week.
30. Enjoy the days ahead.
It doesn’t have to be that you have to be out on a job before being wished a happy new week, even during a vacation or a holiday. It is well in place to wish you a better week ahead, however; it lies in using the right word.
Sliding in the statement ‘enjoy the days ahead’ is a good way to replace the cliche ‘happy new week ‘ specifically if you want to sound more convincing about wishing a person a splendid holiday during their time off or break.
- I hear your shift ends this week. Enjoy the days ahead, Michael.
- The break the team had been waiting for was finally here. Now they get to enjoy the days ahead.
31. Stay away from trouble this week.
To make a mischief maker renege on his mischievous act during the week entered, a light-hearted way is to not wish them a ‘happy new week’ but tell them to ‘stay away from trouble this week.’
Some mischief-makers don’t go about making trouble, the tame ones among them react if provoked, and telling them to stay away from trouble sort of re-enforce them to be tamer and seek a better way than resorting to violence, hence why it fits for the response ‘happy new week’.
For example:
- You were a pleasant fellow last week. Please be kind and stay away from trouble this week, would you?
- Students, it’s a new week and my advice to all of you is to stay away from trouble in the days of this week.
32. Godspeed this week
Say the statement ‘Godspeed this week’ if you want to wish someone who during the previous week fell ill and bedridden to wish them a speedy recovery in the new week.
The medium to send in the wish can be through a get-well card, a caring text message, or physically visiting them as these mediums connect with their feelings and emotions.
For example:
- Sorry for showing up this late. I trust you are doing better now, my dear. Godspeed this week.
- The doctor announced the boy’s discharge this week, and we wish him a speedy recovery.
33. Do better this week.
Saying “Happy New Week” only expresses a superficial wish for someone’s week, hiding the nuances of how you want the week to be. So if you are looking for a suitable suggestion that will imply the person referred to improves, then try telling them to do better this week instead.
‘Do better this week’ clearly expresses your point and specifically reveals what you want the person you are telling to do that will make the week worthwhile for both of you.
- The manager criticized our sluggishness last week and advised us to do better this week.
- Despite the failure of the project last week, we are ready to do better this week.
34. Savor the week’s goodness
Another holiday-like comment to wish a person ‘happy new week’ is to tell them to savor the week’s goodness’.
By using this statement, we suggest that the fullness of the week’s festivities and celebration meets the person meant for.
For example,
- Diwali is this week, and there will be a lot to eat and drink. Savor the week’s goodness.
- I can’t wait for the yuletide, time to savor the week’s goodness.
35. It is happy already
When someone wishes you a happy new week, you can respond by saying that the week is already happy. This sends a message to the person that you are already having a great time.
Look at this:
- Thanks for your kind wishes, it is happy already.
Final Words
People will always get to wish you well on every new week, but how do you respond to them? This article has explained to you the best responses you can give to “Happy New Week.”