Precious Sundays
Sundays. Technically my favourite and least favourite day of the week in one. Sundays are, for many of us, a day of relaxation. A day for being with your god, or yourself, in reverence and solitude. It’s a slower day. It’s a quieter day. It’s perfect.
Except it’s the day before going back to work! Sunday Blues are a real thing. As soon as it becomes evening time, or the darkness sets in, many of us feel the dread of the coming Monday. Sad, really, as it steals away from the very few free hours we have over the weekend. Why would we waste some of them worrying about tomorrow?!
I also beat myself up for sleeping in on a Sunday. Even though it’s a great day for it, and you likely stayed up late the night before, it still feels wrong. Don’t waste the free time! Don’t waste the day!
Sunday is a gift. You don’t have to be Christian to realise that Sunday is a beautiful day for calmness and connection to the self. Getting yourself back to your roots. Sunday self care, slowness and serenity. Move like you’re wading through water. Allow yourself to go with the flow instead of forcing and fighting. Sundays are a refilling of your cup. A present for yourself.
Sundays help us remember that we’re human beings, who can just be.
They’re also great for setting up the week ahead. Getting the planner out and making sure your ducks are in a row. Maybe planning your outfits for the work week; so you don’t need to think and fret in the mornings. Meal prepping to save time in the week and to keep to your goals. Cleaning the house and doing the chores so you can feel calmer and clearer-minded without the clutter around.
Sundays are a clean slate. A chance to start again.
There’s a reason Oprah has a book called “The Wisdom of Sundays”. There’s magic inside this day of the week, neatly placed at the end (or the beginning, depending on your perspective).
Use it well.
I cannot stress it enough. We have so precious time. It’s so short. And so much of it is demanded by others. So use your time well. That doesn’t mean rushing and fretting to fit everything into Sunday, but it means knowing your Sunday wasn’t wasted thinking about Monday. Your Sunday wasn’t wasted being stressed or doing things you don’t want to do.
What do you use your Sundays for?
Our writing advice podcast, Don’t Quit Your Daydream, comes out every other Sunday! Maybe you could spend your Sunday with us and then on writing!
Happy Sunday!
Sincerely,
S. xx
(I’ve finished a week of these posts I’m doing every morning and it’s going well so far! No writer’s block!!)
