Ways to make Sunday feel less Sundayish?

[Everybloominsunday]

4pm, without fail, every Sunday the Sunday scaries set in. I don’t know what causes it but I seem to get it every week. Tomorrow I am on annual leave and yet I still feel that way tonight.

If anyone else has this, how do you escape the feeling?

By making Sunday a different day perhaps?

We rarely go to a shop on Sunday. We don't go to church but sort of keep Sunday as a day of just doing, being.

In the modern world keeping on day a week much more unplanned than others makes a big difference.

WFH on Monday is one way.
Love your Sunday evenings is another - bath, good tv etc.

Not sure what the answer is, just came on to say feeling the same way here. Completely sympathise 💐

It’s odd, because I love my job and generally feel really happy with my life, but every Sunday in every job and phase of life I’ve ever had, this feeling always rears its head. So strange! Xx

I'm the same every week. No big job hatred here either but I feel like this every bloody Sunday. I also hate Sundays as I know this feeling is coming, plus nobody ever wants to do anything other than relax which bores the pants off me.

I was thinking about this earlier. I'm full time but finish early a couple of days a week to do the school run. As a result, I tend to make up my hours at random times including at the weekend (plus we're ridiculously busy and understaffed). It's not unusual for me and my boss to be swapping emails over the weekend or sending things to each other for review. I know some people would hate it but for me it definitely reduces the Sunday scaries because there's less of a distinct line between my week and my weekend and I feel more on top of things.

Same! I absolutely love the job I'm in now, been there a couple of years now, working with ASN children. I try to focus on their transition into Mondays routine and all that brings above my own anxieties. But still the Sunday scaries creep up me xx

I don't think there's much that can be done really, sadly. I have the same feeling and even my mum who has been retired for years gets the Sunday blues 😫best thing I find is a really early night rather than trying to make the weekend last longer for the sake of it.

I get this feeling, not every week, not always at the same time. I’m feeling it this evening though. A difficult manager has been off for half term and will be back tomorrow. There’s nothing I can do about that, but I am feeling anxious because of it.

I am sorry you all have the Sunday blues - I don’t get this anymore as I WFH - so no difficult people or stressful environment to deal with !

I don't always love my job, mainly because it's a job where you are never 'finished' - there's always something else that can be done so money's can feel daunting because the to do list is huge. I always try to make my Sundays productive as well as relaxed so I'm not starting the week off the back of a day doing nothing as it always feels so much worse. Today I went to church, came home and made a roast. After a relaxed lunch dh took the kids and the dog out for a walk while I did an hour of work, then when they got home we each helped one DC declutter a cupboard (their rooms are a massive source of sensory/to do list overload just now because they're such a mess and I tend to fixate on mess if I'm stressed in other areas of my life). Kids are currently having sandwiches for dinner while I cook tomorrow's dinner (they had a roast for lunch and cooking a day ahead really reduces my mental load during the week). After dinner they'll wash their hair and have an early night then dh and I will watch a film so it's a relaxed end to the day. I find the mix of organisation and chill really helps with the Sunday fear.

Does this come from school days? If so you could try reassuring yourself out loud that you don’t have school tomorrow. You have to say it firmly and out loud I find as just thinking it doesn’t seem to have such an effect. And tell yourself that you haven’t forgotten your homework! Then do something nice to look forward to tomorrow like layout a treat for breakfast.

I used to get the heebie jeebies towards the end of August too. All of a sudden I’d get this horrible dread feeling every morning. I had to really talk myself through it but it’s better now thank goodness.

By going to bed and waking up and it being Monday 😆

Seriously though, I’ve suffered with feeling sundayish for years! Slow pace, boredom, lack of motivation, impending work the next day. Not helped when the weathers crap and you can’t get out and do anything because everything is closed or you get rained on.

I think mine stems from the childhood trauma of hearing antiques roadshow music, or heartbeat, or last of the summer wine and knowing I had to bath and go to school the next day 😩

Go out.

I am going to the cinema tonight, everything is packed for the morning so I'll get home and roll into bed. I won't potter round doing not much while thinking about work...

Don't work Mondays! I'm planning my Monday while everyone's thinking about back to work.
It takes a while but I now don't get the Sunday blues on a Monday as the week has started and everyone else in house is at school/work

I have started to anticipate Sunday night dread on a Saturday now which just ruins the weekend unless I can do something to take my mind off it. I’ve just had a weeks leave and the Sunday night dread is off the scale this evening! Commiserations xxx

Getting an early night is a great idea. So is going to the cinema. I hate Sundays, but I love Sunday nights as it means I’m closer to getting back to work on Monday and away from problems at home.

Sundays are my favourite day and have been for years.
I now wfh on a Monday (and every day except Friday) which makes it EVEN better.
Sundays are for fires in the winter, clean sheets and just having fun.
I’ve long been determined for my kids sake to enjoy Sundays as it’s half of the weekend and it’s a waste to not enjoy it because of what’s coming on Monday: it’s coming anyway, don’t write off today by fretting about tomorrow.

It’s so weird how so many of us get this. I think I might have to start factoring in plans like dinner out or cinema, that’s a good suggestion.

Do you know, I think it might!

I also love my job a d wfh but still hate Sunday evenings as it's still the end if a sort of freedom. No matter how much you love your job etc I think most of us would rather not have to work full time.

Although I do relish that Friday feeling too (as does my retired mum 🤣)

I know what you mean. I really like my job but there’s something about that time on a Sunday that feels a bit crap. I think it’s just not being able to fully relax, knowing you’re up in the morning to do the commute, school run, deal with colleagues, etc. If I’m completely honest, I generally crack open a lovely bottle of wine and deal with it that way! And DH and I will plan to watch a film or something and have some nice snacks. Basically just make sure we fully enjoy the entire weekend.

I get this and I think for me it is partly about the shops being closed (live in England.) I probably would not go to shops on a Sunday evening very often but not having the opportunity is different.

Unfortunately this doesn't work for those of us who are teachers!