Shane Arthur, an executive coach in Raleigh, North Carolina, advises clients to avoid working on Sundays — and to start their workweeks by avoiding meetings on Monday mornings. The following has been edited for brevity and clarity.
I believe in startup and shutdown routines for your week. On Monday mornings, I get my coffee, my journal, and my laptop. I take it slow and build my way into my week. It takes two to three hours.
Working on Sundays is something I’ve seen people talking about on LinkedIn, as in, “This is how to make your week work.” The idea is that if you crush the prep on Sunday night, the week goes so well.
Don’t do that. Many of…
