How to Be More Productive on Sunday (and Less Stressed the Rest of the Week)

Updated 6/19/2020

You can’t snap your fingers and make it Friday at 5 PM, but you can adjust your Sunday routine.

It’s not all in your head: There is such a thing as the “Sunday night blues.” After a weekend away from your desk, you’re staring down five days of projects and deadlines. As you start to think through your growing to-do list, the anticipation becomes more stressful than the experience itself.

While you can’t snap your fingers and make it Friday at 5 PM, you can adjust your Sunday routine so that you have a more enjoyable evening—and feel ready to rock when your alarm goes off on Monday morning.

Infographic courtesy of Project Productivty. Photo of woman in bed courtesy of Shutterstock.

Sara McCord runs a values-driven marketing firm that helps thought leaders go viral for their expertise. She creates visibility for brands, recently creating an 8-second video for a client that got 50 Million organic views on Instagram in one week. She’s worked with influencers and celebrities, boutique brands and small businesses, as well as large corporations. It’s extra sweet for her to be writing again for The Muse, where she launched her career in editorial. As a contributor, then columnist, then Staff Writer/Editor, Sara penned more than 200 articles for The Muse beginning in 2011, which led to a regular contributor role at Mashable; Business Insider bylines; and syndicated pieces on Forbes, Inc., Fast, Company, and more. For trending marketing news and best practices, follow her on TikTok.