Radha Vyas on LinkedIn: How to Beat the Sunday Scaries | 88 comments

One of my favorite weekly routines is a focus ritual, which I schedule for every Sunday evening or Monday morning to plan my week. During it I decide on my three weekly intentions and assess how much I’ll need to hyperfocus and scatterfocus in the days ahead.

Anytime I caught myself worrying about the business or anything else in these next three days, I would defer that activity and reassure myself that I'll do all the worrying I want on Monday, but not now. Now is the time to act.

And it worked.

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While these answers came from a group of people self-described as “in recovery,” burnout is a widely documented ailment of our time. Meanwhile, the desire to make the most of our weeks remains universal. How can we honor this desire without sacrificing our health in the process? The answer lies in a new way of thinking and doing that can serve as a