With the unanswered yet very looming question of whether your week begins or ends on Sunday, it can be very difficult to decide how to spend your day and get the most out of it.
While it can be a great day to catch up on unfinished work or selfishly have a self-care day, there’s a better and more effective way to curate your Sunday routine, that’ll leave you not only feeling accomplished but relaxed as well.
Sounds great, right? Let’s get started.
How To Have The Perfect Sunday Routine
1. Evaluate Your Week
Your Sunday doesn’t only have to be left for curing hangovers and binge-watching (and/or eating).
You need to start looking at Sundays as both the end of the past week and the beginning of a new one.
It takes a load off you for the looming Monday, and getting a head start on your week helps you get through it with more ease.
Accept that you have done all you have been able to for the week that has passed, this allows your mind to prepare itself for the week ahead.
Lay out all that’s on your agenda for the week ahead and let yourself know if you’re going to have a tough or stressful week.
Carve out a few hours for creative thinking, brainstorming, and problem-solving.
This will save you a lot of time next week because you’ll have fewer moments where you feel overwhelmed and thus decrease procrastination.
2. Plan The Week Ahead
Now that you’ve prepared yourself for the week ahead and you know what to expect, plan your week as thoroughly as you can.
Whether your week is set to be relaxing and chill or you’re having, more of a work-intensive week, make sure to jot everything that needs to be done into your calendar.
Plan your week down to the hour if possible, write down all your most important to-dos, and build your days around them.
Make sure to write them down as results and not actions.
Let’s say you have to study for an exam, don’t just put it down as “study”, but rather indicate the results you would like to achieve. For this example, it would be “finish chapter 5 of Chemistry”.
Be detailed and specific, this will help overall productivity and improve time management.
And don’t forget to include all social activities, times at the gym, and even the time you’d take to cook and clean, and get organized.
Omitting anything, however minor it may seem, can end up eating at your time and leaving you feeling rushed.
Plan every last task.
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3. Meal Prep
I know it’s difficult and takes up a lot of time, but this is a must for a productive week.
Now I’m not saying get out all your pots and pans and make yourself every meal you’ll eat for the next 7 days, do your version of meal prep.
Whether it simply means writing down what you’ll eat for the next week and ordering it daily, or picking up groceries for the entire week. Go into the week knowing what you want to fuel your body with.
Know what you want to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and this does not have to be ultra-specific. Just have a general knowledge of what you need and go get groceries for the week.
This will save you time on meals as well as help you stick to your specific diet. Having food readily available for the week makes it less likely to succumb to fast food and stray from your health goals.
Also, plan for healthy snacking and have healthy ready-to-eat options available.
4. Be Social
Who says that Sundays are meant only to stay home, not me!
Schedule an early dinner with friends, a movie date, or an evening picnic at a park, then you give yourself a positive focus for the day.
Catch up with friends that you haven’t seen all week or go on a date with your significant other.
A chill evening out will not leave you too tired for the next day, it will help rejuvenate you and help you end off and start your week on a positive note.
5. And On This Day You Will Rest
Speaking of positive, end your Sunday on a relaxing note.
Read a few pages of a good book in bed snuggled up next to your pet, or take a relaxing shower.
If you have natural hair, it’s a great time to have your wash day and spend a few hours giving your locks some TLC, cleansing your scalp and all that good stuff.
Whatever it is, it should be something that makes you feel truly rested before Monday rolls around.
6. Don’t Give In To The Monday Blues
Blue Mondays are a myth, don’t believe me, then try this out.
Pretend you love Mondays. When the anxiety creeps in on Sunday, tell yourself you’re perfectly OK with everything and tell yourself that you’re fully prepared for the week ahead.
See what happens if you create a new belief system for yourself about Mondays. Because if you think about it—Mondays are nothing more than another day of the week, where anything can happen, even greatness.
Follow these 6 easy steps for a more productive Sunday and an even better weekly routine.
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