Welcome, welcome all to the inaugural post to Sunday Night Thrive, a branch of Lindsey Staton Life Coaching.
If you haven’t watched my Facebook video yet, go do that, just so you know a little bit about where this idea came from an what we’re trying to accomplish in this community.
The first thing I’d like to do is begin to reframe our mindset regarding our weeks. For most of us, it goes like this:
Monday morning shows up, the alarm goes off. We immediately note that we are still exhausted, need more sleep and before our feet even hit the floor, we’ve resigned to have a bad day. Any time anything goes wrong all day, we explain it with, “It’s Monday.”
Tuesday is pretty neutral for most of us. Wednesday (Hump Day) is our halfway mark through the work week. On Thursday, we start saying things like, “Just one more day.”
Then Friday arrives and we all celebrate.
Sometimes Saturday is relaxing, sometimes it’s not. If you have kids who play sports, well, there goes your day. If you have a spouse who’s INTO sports, well, there goes your day. HOPEFULLY you get to sleep in or at least get a nap at some point. Maybe you have lunch or dinner with friends.
And then Sunday. For some of us, it starts with church. For others, it starts with mimosas and brunch. (I don’t know why we have to choose. I propose a both/and scenario.) After lunch, there is a brief calm before the storm.
And then the dreaded Sunday night starts ramping up. A grocery list is made, someone makes a Publix run, laundry is started, kids suddenly remember huge projects DUE TOMORROW and, “Do we have any posterboard?” You review the calendar for the upcoming week and start hammering out logistics with anyone in the house who can drive. Oh yeah, what are we having for dinner? Just go heat up some leftovers in the microwave. Fold laundry, start another load.
Go to bed an hour later than you wanted to, stay awake for at least another 30 minutes wondering what you forgot to do or just obsessing about the week ahead.
I say NO MORE! And it all starts with a change of mindset.
In our culture, we work hard and then we crash for a couple days to try to recover (rest from work). But in SOME cultures, they rest FIRST and then work from that place of peace (work from rest).
So what if we didn’t consider Monday the FIRST day of the week? What if the first day of the week was Saturday or Sunday? Think about that for a second.
Now I’m not trying to change all the calendars in the world or delete the word ‘weekend’ from the dictionary. But how differently might you feel about the week?
It could conceivably look more like this:
Wake up Saturday, reminding yourself this is the first day of a new week. You start your week with family and friends and rest. There w
ill also be some necessary action (kids’ activities, grocery shopping, some laundry). But the mindset is a feeling of maintenance, not frantically trying to catch up on everything you’re behind on.
Monday (the third day of the week) shows up and you’re ready. You don’t hate it. You don’t dread it. You’re READY for it: logistically, practically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. You’re using energy from a full tank.
I know it sounds crazy. But aren’t you just a little intrigued?
This is a theory we’re going to try out in coming weeks. We’re going to experiment with what works for each of us individually. We’ll have group challenges to test different plans and strategies. And little by little, I think we can reclaim our weekends, our weeks, our sanity and our joy.
Let these ideas marinate this week. As you go through your routine, think about how a Saturday to Saturday week might make a difference in your life.
If you’re not a member of my Facebook group, go join Lindsey Staton Life Coaching. In the comments, tell me what you think. Does it sound like an impossible shift for your situation? If so, why? Does it sound like something you’d like to try? What are the pros and cons of making a mindset shift like this?
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