5 things successful people do on Sunday

Ha. I stumbled upon this article while sifting through the wonderful world (do you suddenly hear Chriet Titulaer whispering in your ear?) of the web and ended up at MyDomaine. I decided to go through the list to see if I happened to do it too. If I had shouted ‘yes, me too’ for all 5, then I might also categorize myself among the group of ‘successful people’. And especially among the group of successful people who do these 5 things on Sunday.

Are you joining? We immediately know if we are doing well or if we could do better.

1. They spend time with family and loved ones

Check, check, check. From Friday evening I am in a state of complete entanglement with mine. It starts with The Voice Kids and smoothly flows into the ballet/puppy training/swimming lesson ritual, followed by a long Sunday lunch with friends-we-haven't-seen-in-way-too-long. So checkbox 1 is in.

2. They catch up on their emails and phone calls

Uh, well no. I actually did that during the week. Friday in the car on the way home the last phone calls so I can dedicate the whole weekend to point 1. So I don't score here, but actually, I think you could expect a successful person to have no backlog in terms of emails and calls. So, does that make me an extra successful person or not? Should I have built up a backlog due to an even fuller agenda? Speaking of emails, these are the dumbest email sign-offs of all time.

3. Unplugging

I am very good at that. Of course, I open Google Analytics and keep an eye on our numbers, but where I used to do that, high in breath, about 67 times a day, I now do that very maturely two to three times a day. Instead, I laugh, preferably out loud, at Arno Kantelberg's contribution in Volkskrant Magazine, scan ‘my Amsterdam‘ in Het Parool, and tear up softly at Femke van der Laan's column. Furthermore, I worry about dance mix shoes whose laces always seem to be in a triple knot, whether I am on time for the delivery from Albert.nl, and whether we have enough firewood. Those kinds of things. So checkbox two is in.

4. Reflecting

According to a professor at the University of Texas in Arlington, it is purifying to write down your experiences from the past week. What was successful, what could have been better? What gave you a little nag in your stomach and what a warm glow? That. I don't write it down, but I do think about it. But it could be better. Half a checkbox, I would say.

5. Planning the upcoming week

Yes, I do that nowadays. I plan. I have reserved all the children's parties for my daughters, for goodness‘ sake. And they have their birthdays at the end of May and mid-June. So yes, I plan. Tomorrow we are filming for Philips and my outfit is ready. That gives me peace. I will also go through the information and if I'm in a good mood, I will type a piece for tomorrow so I can focus on the shooting day in peace.

Whether I am a successful person, in short, someone else should determine that. But the things they do on Sunday are at least reasonably well anchored in my weekend. Hooray!