10 Ways to Have the Best Week Ever - How to Have a Great Week

This episode is not about meal prepping or organizing or laundry prep for the week ahead. I am sharing ways more focused on mindset & emotional management to have a great week.

Show Notes:
I know a lot of people like to get ready for the week ahead on Sunday with meal planning & prepping, laundry, to-do lists and all kinds of things. And I think that’s great. Whatever you can do to to feel prepared for the week ahead (if you care about that) will be beneficial.I personally don’t any big prep for the week ahead because despite knowing mostly what is going to happen that upcoming week, I still want to leave room for flexibility. And it’s also because I already struggle with being a control freak & don’t want to feed too much into that behavior as much as I can. But if I need to do laundry to ensure I have clothes to wear for Monday’s workout & work that day, sure I’ll do some laundry. But I’m not going to do all the laundry in the house or anything like that. When I think about preparing for the week ahead, I personally like to lean more into preparing my mind & emotions for whatever is scheduled to happen & what is likely to happen. We are still staying away from being too controlling.

This brings me to what I wanted to chat with you about today: How to have a great week.

I want to talk about real ways for you to have a great week. And it’s not gonna be typical answers like making sure every single room is clean or meal prepping or journaling or anything you would typically read on a list on pinterest or anything. And again, there is nothing wrong with those lists, but I think the list I am about to give you will really help your mindset & emotions give you a really great week.

Here are 10 ways to have a great week:

1. Don’t pretend you’re happy when you’re not. (Don’t allow your emotions to build-up and bubble over by the end of the week.)
2. Remember that one down experience doesn’t have to dictate the rest of the day or week.
3. Remember that only you are in control of your emotions, including reactions & responses.
4. Confirm your appointments. (Wasted time is the worst, so doing your best to prevent that from happening is worth it.)
5. Stop yourself when you start to compare yourself. (It’s not worth it & the quicker you can catch yourself in the act the better you’ll get at not doing it as much.)
6. Manage your expectations. 
7. Ask for help. (If there is something you know would work out better with some help, then just ask for help. If you get a no, that’s fine. But at least try to get the help you need or want to create more ease & efficiency in life.)
8. Set alarms to take breaks & eat snacks/meals. (I have trouble stopping to eat or take a break when I am deeply focused, so having a reminder to do those things is really helpful in minimizing any stress that would happen later for not doing those things. You can set reminders for anything you need help remembering to do.)
9. Don’t allow other people’s moods to affect your mood. (They can be upset without you joining in. Misery doesn’t need company.)
10. Remember that you’re still making progress even with mistakes, failures & steps backward.

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