Things I do To Set Myself Up For Success For the Week

As someone with borderline type-A personality, I find that planning things in advance makes my life easier and decision making faster. I find that on the weeks I don’t do the below steps, I am more stressed and it takes time for me to get going with my daily tasks.

So I started taking time each weekend especially Sunday to reset myself and prepare for the upcoming week.

Let’s get into it:

1. Change linens – every Friday I strip the whole house of all linens and throw them into the laundry. Bed sheets, towels, duvets, kitchen towels and cleaning scrubs. If I removing the curtains was easy, I would throw them in too! I love the smell of a freshly washed linen after a long day of work. I make sure to dry everything within the weekend because I hate the thought of having a laundry related to-do in the week. By Sunday I like to have all laundry washed and packed away.
2. Doing laundry – I also make sure to do the rest of the laundry on Friday. And as already said, by Sunday everything should be done and packed away in the wardrobe.
3. Water plants – As a plant mama of 3, I make sure to water my plants every Friday. When I am feeling generous and kind to myself, I buy a beautiful bouquet of flowers to enjoy during the week. In our bathroom, I have a couple of faux plants which I clean and dust on Friday again to keep them looking as realistic as possible.
4. Weekly goal setting – Now this is a central activity I have to do without fail! At the beginning of each Quarter, I set some goals for myself. Then each week I set smaller goals that align with my quartile goals to make sure that I achieve them. For example, if my quarterly financial goal is to save 1,200 euro I breakdown that goal into 120 euro each week. So each week I get to review my progress and if they’re any challenges I try to address them ASAP. I have different goal categories like business, fitness, family, spirituality etc. Before I set the goals of the new week, I review the goals of the previous week and allocate a score to tell me how well I performed.

5. Weekly To- Do List – I then create a master to-do list with all the activities that must be done during the course of the week. Each day I then slowly decide what I want to do and when depending on how I am feeling and how much I have to do at work or so.

6. Block out time in Google Calendar – Next to the tasks I have to do, I block out the time in my google calendar. I have a saying that if it’s not on the calendar then it won’t get done. This really helps me especially when I have an appointment at the doctor, seeing a friend or taking some lessons.

7. Meal planning and grocery list – Because I am taking my health and fitness pretty importantly lately, my nutrition is of essence to me. Each Sunday I think about what meals we are going to have throughout the week. As I list down what we want to eat, I write out the corresponding grocery list. This way, when we go food shopping we don’t leave anything out. And most important I think about my lunch time meal which I meal prep on Sunday or Monday. For example, last week I had friend chicken breast and some grilled vegetables for lunch. I made 10x portions for me and Nigel enough and packaged it individually for Mon-Fri.