I’ve been resetting my week on Sundays—forever. Years and years.
But it has occurred to me the last couple of weeks that it isn’t working anymore. I work on Sunday. And to preserve my current commitment to not teaching on Fridays and Saturdays, I’m working a full day on Sunday instead of just on two-hour workshop in the evenings.
That leaves no time for a reset. Or at least no time for the kind of reset that I want to have. I might be able to get my planner set up, but that’s not the point.
Yesterday, I didn’t even have time to write my reset post, let alone actually have a reset day.
So—this week, I’m shifting my reset day to Saturday. It’s not ideal, because it’s not the end or the beginning of the week. But it is a full day where I don’t teach. And I’m actually excited about it, because that means that I can use that day to both reset my personal week and reset my work week.
I’m booked to capacity right now.
I work eight to twelve hour days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. There is very, very little time in the mix on those days for much else. And to keep my sanity, the time I do have on those days, I try to save for non-work things.
Fridays and Saturdays I’ve worked pretty hard to keep as non-work days. In theory. Because I’m opening a shop with my husband, my brother, and my daughter. So, lately, those days are devoted to that. We’re in the process of getting our space ready to open officially next month and it’s a lot of work.
All of this is work I love. Truly, deep down love. I don’t want to do anything else. But I do actually need to find some balance. Because I can’t feel like I’m constantly on all the time. It’s not healthy.
So—I’m going to try on Saturdays as my balance days. My full reset day.
Here’s the plan for this Saturday.
I’m not entirely sure, yet, how this is going to work. But there are some things that I know, for sure, make my entire life easier and happier.
Setting up my planner and notebook for the upcoming week.
Meal planning and making a grocery list for the upcoming week.
Resetting my workspace, so that I can feel less chaotic in the upcoming week.
Making sure that I have everything I need for work for the upcoming week.
Doing something that will make me feel like I’ve made progress this week.
I think that if I start with those five things, I’ll have the framework for a pretty decent reset day.
I feel like I should point out that a reset day is not about relaxing or, I don’t know, recharging my batteries. It’s about getting myself prepared for the upcoming week. If I needed time to just rest, relax, or recharge my batteries, I’d plan for that during my reset day.
I hope that makes sense.
Maybe this will be clearer. I actually am finding myself in need of some time to recharge. So, this Saturday, I’ll plan for my quarterly week off (which is the first week of March.) No work. Something fun with my husband. Probably some sort of a roadtrip, somewhere. An entire day to hurkle-durkle (which is the Scotch term or laying in bed longer than you should—I just learned that.)
I’ll write a reset day post on Saturday. I’m excited to see if this shift makes a difference.
I’m curious—do you ever have a reset day? Reply to this post to let me know.
I need to put those prep activities in my "reset" time.
I also, however, need a time to not be any of my work things. Not a writer. Not a creative director. Not a show maker. Not a wife or mom or friend. Just a being.
For some reason, I need a full 24 hours, or the horizon filled with "gotta dos" tethers me to the ground when I need a bit of fly time.
My ideal reset? Exploring the woods, beach, paddling, etc. Those I've just gotten figured out, but also, if I don't do the "prep" stuff, when time comes to be "on" again doesn't happen. Hmmm
Sundays work. Even though I write then, too.