Combatting Sunday Scaries?

What strategies / tips do folks here have when dealing with Sunday Scaries? Personally, I really struggle to find ways to capitalize on the day Sunday, or, even if I do something enjoyable in the day or afternoon, by the evening time I feel consumed by dread. Suggestions? 

 

When I was younger I used to meet up with friends for bottomless (drinks) brunch (Sunday Funday) and get super hammered to the point we barely remembered we had to work the next day. I was WFH though so Monday morning would just check my messages at 9am and then put my IM on away with the volume all the way up and go back to sleep for 3hrs - haha. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

To clarify I was in management consulting and only billed hours worked, so nothing unethical such as stealing company time was going on here. I definitely spent 30hrs per week on Excel in this role with 30-40 models going at once. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

I try to be moderately productive on Sundays. I exercise during the afternoon - hit the gym, work on mobility, or even just a long walk. Then usually in the evening after dinner I do 30-60 minutes of work (assuming there isn't anything that is time sensitive - otherwise that consumes my weekend). Things like drafting a few emails that are ready to be sent Monday morning, meeting prep, etc. makes me feel better about starting the work week. 

 
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Havent had sunday scaries since WFH / Covid started. It's not bad at all knowing you can get up next day in sweat pants at 8am, make breakfast, and slowly adjust to work

But as they say the official anthem of the Sunday Scaries was the '60 Minutes' clock ticking after the 1-4pm NFL games IMO

 

haha this was my first thought and for OP to be happy that he/she doesn’t have to work on Sunday

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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