How I Spend My Sunday

Saturdays don’t change much for me — mostly church, then studying or resting at home. Sundays are different. Sunday is mine.

My Sundays are fully customizable because I never work them. My Saturdays usually have many scheduled events like, Work events, errands, appointments. Everything gets squeezed into Monday through Saturday. Sundays are closed and sacred. So it stays protected: no errands, no obligations, just me getting ready for the week ahead.

There are really three ways a Sunday can go: Laundry Day, Fun Day, or Potato Day.

Laundry Day – Sunday Routine

“Laundry day” is really more of a life-reset day. It happens every two weeks, and it starts early. My body wakes me up around 4 AM. I start the first load of laundry, and get ready for my walk. Around 6:45, right as the sky turns that pale blue before sunrise, I go for a 45-minute walk. I’m back by 8, and the second load goes in. Laundry every two weeks adds up fast when you go through three outfits a day (gym, work, home).

While clothes dry, I do a comfort re watch, usually a detective series I already know the answers to. My brain gets to switch off. During this time, I knock out meal prep, plan my week, and redo my language lesson plans (Thai, Korean, and Japanese.

By noon, laundry’s basically done, though I still haven’t baked. I head home, rest for 30 minutes, and map out the rest of my day. If I’m baking, that starts around 1 and wraps by 3.

From 3 to 6,

• I fold laundry
• Keep watching my show
• Take a real shower (hair, nails, the works) — since weekday showers are always rushed.

Fun Day – Sunday Routine

Fun days are less routine and more about finding somewhere new. I drive anywhere from 90 minutes to two and a half hours away — far enough that it doesn’t feel like my everyday life. It’s my cheaper alternative to a plane ticket for that same “I’m somewhere else” feeling.

I plan these at least a week ahead. Every fun day starts at a park — for the scenery, or just to sit and breathe for a minute. I leave the house around 5 AM so I arrive while the new city is still empty; the goal isn’t to see people, it’s to not see people.

Since I’m in Florida, there’s almost always a beach or body of water nearby, and I make a point to see one. I’ll also find a cafe to sit down, finish my lesson plans, and make sure my upcoming week is still on track even though I’m out exploring. Then it’s hitting a few hot-spots, taking pictures, and trying to grab lunch — and dinner, if timing allows — somewhere I’ve never eaten before. If I’m cutting it close on time, dinner becomes a drive-through instead, since I don’t want to be driving home tired after being up since 5 AM. I’m usually back on the road by 3–6 PM. Once I’m home, I go straight to bed. The week ahead is already planned, so there’s nothing left to do.

Potato Day – Sunday Routine

Potato day is exactly what it sounds like: bed, movies, games, nothing else. Sometimes it’s planned into my monthly reset ahead of time. Sometimes I just wake up not in the mood for laundry or an adventure, and that’s that. If something urgent needs a Sunday, potato day is the one I sacrifice — laundry day keeps my life running, and fun days are usually already locked in.

There’s no routine here by design. If I know it’s a potato day, I’ve usually already handled meal prep and weekly planning the day before, so Sunday really can be nothing.

The one non-negotiable: the walk. Every Sunday, no matter which kind it is, I take a walk around sunrise — 15 to 45 minutes. On fun days, that sometimes shifts to evening, or happens the moment I arrive at that day’s first park instead.

That’s My Sundays

Three templates I recycle every month. For context, a typical month looks like this: second and fourth Sundays are laundry days, the first is potato day, and the third is fun day — though they shuffle sometimes based on how I’m feeling or what else needs doing. If I need to get my hair done, for instance, it happens on potato day, mixed in with watching my shows.

These three days keep me grounded. They let me be a little selfish and think about myself. Sunday is mine.