Sunday is my linchpin day for getting organised, taking time for self care, and generally prepping for the working week ahead. Come Monday morning I want to hit the ground calmly, feel energised and organised. Allocating just a few hours on a Sunday can completely transform your week. Here’s how I put a little prep into practice: 🏡 1 – Domestic Bliss Following my ‘Health, Home, Hustle’ mantra, home and all of the domestic chores involved in it play a huge part in how ‘ready’ I feel for the working week. If there are shoes scattered, washing that needs to be done and put away, I can’t concentrate on my work or myself properly. Instead I find myself thinking about the mess and the jobs during the week "I must do xyz", and it bothers me! There are studies on our environment reflecting how our minds are. Mess and chaos in your space = chaos and overwhelm in the mind. Not so productive! Rather than allowing those domestic tasks to encroach on my work week (and my mind) , I try to have a good clear up every weekend. During the week I then only need to ‘top up’ on the domestic stuff. If you hate housework (I get it!) I recommend pairing your cleaning and tidying with listening to podcasts, or you could listen to a training in The Vitality Hub! It barely feels like a chore when I’m listening to a show I love. Ultimately – there’s nothing lovelier, or more calming than a clean and tidy space. It immediately creates space in my head. 🌱 2 – Food Shop Not having a well-stocked fridge and a meal plan/menu wastes SO much time. Decision fatigue is real and when you’re hungry and confused about what to eat, I find it so counterproductive to faff around buying ingredients and figuring out what to eat off the cuff. Or worse still, when I'm not organised, I end up eating things that don't serve me. (Enter guilt, frustration and cravings). Instead, I focus on creating a meal plan for the 5 days ahead, create the shopping list and then go shopping. After doing this on repeat, the list of essentials doesn't change much and it becomes easier.