Every Sunday at 4:00 PM, millions of people feel it. The tightening chest. The sense that Monday is an ambush they’re completely unprepared for.
We call it the Sunday Scaries.
But it’s not a feeling to manage. It’s a signal to act.
So instead of numbing it with Netflix or scrolling Insta, I spend 30 minutes doing what I call:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐.
Three steps. That’s it. Super simple.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ 1 โ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
Five minutes.
โข What went well this week?
โข What went wrong?
โข What did I learn?
Close the loops before you open a new week.
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ 2 โ ๐๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐.
Open a blank calendar.
Lifestyle first:
Drop in your workouts, your family time, your deep work blocks โ before anything else touches it.
If a client wants that slot, you have “a prior commitment.”
You don’t owe them to tell itยดs ยดdeadliftingยด. ๐ช
๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ 3 โ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ.
Gas in the car. Groceries ordered. Clean shirt for Wednesday. Nanny for date night.
Solve the small problems on Sunday when they cost you five minutes โ not on Tuesday when they cost you your entire focus.
By 5:30 PM, the anxiety is gone.
Not because the week got easier. Because I stopped being a passenger in it.
The Sunday Summit is exactly that โ 30 minutes to dictate the terms of your week before the world dictates them for you.
Amateurs hope for a good week.
Professionals plan for one.
Fail to plan, plan to fail.
PS: about the picture: Plan the big rocks first. Like a short break to Dubai with a friend last week. Boys will be boys….even at 52 ๐คฉ
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