We’re so stressed out by Monday’s looming to-do list that we can’t switch off and enjoy our Sundays. Could lessening the productivity pressure help us?
“It seems paradoxical, but the more pressure there is to be productive, the less productive we are — instead we feel anxious, overwhelmed, and burnt out,” Dore tells us. “Approaches like bare minimum Mondays can be helpful because they help reframe expectations around perfection and pressure to be constantly doing.
“Burnout is not an occupational phenomenon, therefore managing workplace stress alone is not enough to prevent it,” adds Jones. “In order to prevent burnout, you have to create a lifestyle that is preventative of it.” Bare minimum Mondays might do the trick for you, but if not – or if you just want some other tools in your arsenal – here’s how the experts recommend tackling the Sunday scaries head-on.because of a few reasons,” says Ghosh. “It could be that you work in a very pressured environment and thus feel this pressure straight away when it comes to mid-afternoon Sundays and evening.
“Having a good Sunday nighttime routine will help you feel renewed and refreshed on Monday morning,” Ghosh says.Have some hard limits and rules to mark off your Sunday as your own and stop Monday creeping into your weekend. That might look like setting a weekend out-of-office message, refusing to open your laptop or scheduling in some joyful activities that have absolutely nothing to do with your work self.
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