To ask people who enjoy Sundays, what they do

[JaneBirkinstock]

Or don't do to make them enjoyable.

Need inspiration!

We try to keep it a quiet day. Walk the dog, lie in, make a lovely family dinner & just relax for the one day a week we have no kids activities to get them to!

I’m a little different from most as I love working on Sundays. I have one in every five Sundays off but would happily work every Sunday. I like to be off when other people are at work as it’s much quieter everywhere. I live fairly close to a beautiful beach on the Atlantic that is busy every weekend even in winter but lovely to visit on a weekday afternoon. I don’t have children and my partner is retired so I don’t need weekends off.

Meet a friend for coffee/brunch, dog walk, bake a cake, read, gardening (when the weathers better!)

Cook a roast.

In winter - lie in, make a big pot of soup, go for a walk, come back and eat soup, read books, knit, find a good movie or series to watch.

I love Sundays. Lie in, potter and then gym, swim and a sauna. Once a month a pub Sunday lunch with friendsor family. Sunday is also my day for having a glass of wine or two 🍷 😃

I find Sunday's a bit depressing so I try and do at least one enjoyable activity. Usually swimming in the morning, roast for lunch and then afternoons we usually take DS for a walk or to the park, back home, prepare for the week ahead. Once DS is bathed and in bed we just watch TV or if our older DC are about (and in the right mood) play a board game.

Nip to a farm shop for supplies. Big walk to the pub en mass with the dogs. Cook a lovely roast dinner with some music playing and a nice bottle of wine. Early bath, PJs on and find something good on TV for the evening.

My dad comes over and cooks us a fry up most Sundays and I always look forward to it. He also entertains the kids for a few hours which is great.

Hardly anything, which is the main reason I love them!

Read the paper, do the crosswords, walk the dog, catch up on laundry, call my mum, go to the pub for supper

I don't understand. You don't know what you enjoy doing?

Same here - work some Saturdays so need the rest and catch up with laundry etc on the Sunday after six working days but have a lieu day off the following week so do my something special on that day.

I don’t do anything! Saturday is my day to catch up on jobs, socialise etc, I spend Sunday pottering around at home, I go for a walk if nice weather, might get a takeaway or have some ‘treat’ food at home, watch films, read etc. Might seem lazy to some, but I like a day to rest before the week ahead.

DD and I volunteer on Sunday mornings which involves being outside for two and a half hours. which is a nice start to the day. Then we usually have a long lunch, at home or in a pub, followed if we have time by either a walk or the cinema or otherwise dipping into work, DD doing homework. Read a book, early dinner and then DP and I watch TV in bed.

I like the rhythm of Sundays and the relatively slow pace. I try to get housework done on Saturday so its not hanging over me.

Usually we have a friend of my sons over or we go to a friends house so the kids can hang out. Usually involving a Sunday dinner of some kind!

other than that walk the dogs, watch tv, maybe make some Lego, game etc

if I didn’t have a child I would dog walk and probably spend the rest of the time lying on the sofa!

We tend to just potter around on a Sunday and it's lovely. We try to get most of the uniform and work clothes washed on Saturday and we often go out on a Saturday afternoon so Sunday is usually a cosy day at home. DC will probably go to the gym at some point on a Sunday, I usually get a lovely bath at some point. We usually have a roast on a Sunday too or something a bit fancier than our usual weekday meals. Then we get everyones bags/shoes etc sorted for the week and we all try to get an early night!

When I was growing up (in the 1960's) Sunday was very much viewed as a day of rest. It was considered "bad form" to hang washing out or do housework other than the very basics. Gardening wasn't taboo, so a lot of that was done on Sundays. Generally it was a day for visiting grandparents or other relatives for tea and cake after you'd had a groaning Sunday roast at home. Or just taking a Sunday drive into the countryside and in the summer having a picnic. Since I've been an adult I've always tried as much as possible to keep it as that special day of rest, peace and calm.

Usually I go to the gym first thing. It stops me lying about and wasting the day, which only leads to me thinking about work. After that I spend time doing things to make the coming week easier. Meal planning, shopping, making sure clothes/uniforms are all ready. That sets my mind in a better place. If I do think of anything for work then I make a
note of it which allows me to stop thinking about it. If I need it I take a nap or relax on the sofa for an hour or two. I usually take a walk on my the beach to clear my head in the afternoon.

We all have a bit of a lie in, dog walk, lots of homework at the minute so we both tidy the house while that’s happening. Roast usually with a board game and we can make the 14 year old do an episode of something with us, I like a Sunday eve bath with a glass of wine and DH relaxes. He’d like to ‘do’ more on a Sunday but I consider it a rest day and need it before the week starts again.

Enjoy not having to go anywhere.

Oh good thread.

I have 2 DCs and one is in GCSEs so Sundays are usually spent sorting things out for the week.

However tomorrow we are planning to go and see the film Marty Supreme followed by a late lunch at a good pizza place. Then a quiet wind-down for the evening and ironing uniform.

FWIW- when i was working in a bloody awful job I could not stand Sundays. I started to get depressed and anxious and the knot in my stomach around about noon.

So, DH started taking me out for dinner Sunday night. Nothing fancy or too expensive- the local pub, the local cheapo Italian etc. But he'd organise it and it gave me something to look forward to.

I sympathise so much.... being worried about work on a Monday morning is just ever so grim.

Nothing like what I used to do pre=children, but love Sundays!

Either we are away to spend weekend with friends or family - rarely sadly

or more accurately: going for a run first thing, that take as long as I can be bothered to get up early
take kids to sports tournaments (football etc)
if they're free in the afternoon, usually taking one of a birthday party in the afternoon and catch-up with parents there
Home to put kids in bath / shower and wash kits

have very local friends pop around for a late afternoon coffee or drink and chill while the kids are doing something very noisy in another part of the house

then it's nearly bed time, maybe the kids watch a bit of tv, and time to start the week again

I try to pretend it's not Sunday as I cannot bear it.

In the past I always popped out shopping, visiting a different area, go for a drive, café, stuff like that. Where I live now is so limited and dull.

For me the key is to get out of the house to be honest. Nice walks, coffee or brunch/lunxh with friends, gardening. Anything other than sitting in the house getting depressed the next day is Monday haha