Creating a Sunday Reset
A Time to Rest and Recuperate
Welcome to the Apple Hair CANON!
Here, I’ll explore creating a fictional universe, and I’m hoping you’ll follow along with your own world. I’m by no means an expert, so let’s discuss how to create a believable, magical, and captivating world. Let’s be storycatchers together!
Want to read Apple Hair, the boy band fantasy novel, from the very beginning? You can start here! Apple Hair is a fictional, Asian American boy band from Hawaiʻi.
Welcome to the newsletter, and I’m excited to lay down the foundations of our storyworlds together, one word at a time.
Hi, storycatchers! In the last edition of the CANON, I talked about how to create a killer story concept. I’ve been having so much fun exploring craft with you all. But in this CANON, I wanted to do something a little different. I wanted to talk about Sunday resets, which can be an important part of anyone’s week. Now, I’m not the best planner in the world. I tend to go with the flow rather than think about the details. But ever since I started embracing a Sunday reset, I felt my creative life gradually improve.
What is a Sunday reset? Everyone has a different definition, but for me, it’s taking one day out of the week (usually Sunday) to assess how the week has gone, take time to rest, and then plan out the following week.
Have you ever implemented a Sunday reset? What did that look like for you?
Honestly, I’m no expert on planning or weekly rituals. However, I wanted to explore the idea of a Sunday reset with you and give just a little bit of insight on what works for me. I think this post goes hand in hand with my one about our creative wells. We cannot create if we’re running on empty.
Like I said before, I am not a planner. Every Sunday, I used to lie in bed and wonder about how I would ever manage getting through Monday, let alone through the whole week. My Sunday was filled with trying to numb the idea of an upcoming weekday. Not to say I did nothing—some Sundays were pure writing days, while other Sundays involved playing games till past midnight and reading until I was lost in another world.
But then, I discovered the idea of a Sunday reset. I started to set out my intention for the following week, noting things that I did well and what I want to improve. The thing that changed my habits was reading a book called The 12 Week Year for Writers, along with The Miracle Morning. These were books that introduced me to the nonfiction world. Suddenly, planning my day around my goals seemed possible for me. I started to make strides in the right direction.
With Deya’s Notion planner, things fell into place even more. I started to write down my weekly tasks. Seeing everything laid out before me from Monday through Friday was not intimidating, but strangely exciting. I began to tell myself, I can totally do this.
So, are you interested in starting a Sunday reset? What are some of your concerns surrounding a Sunday reset?
I know one of the major concerns might be the lack of time. Some of you creatives might not even have free time on Sunday to do any planning. There could be jobs and other obligations on Sunday. And that’s totally fine! The key is to pick a day of the week where there’s just an hour or so to reflect, create new tasks, and look over your goals again. The other key with a Sunday reset is rest, and like I said in my creative well post, the aim is to carve out just a little bit of time when we’re not constantly trying to complete a task.
What is something that you want to include in your Sunday reset?
Honestly, I believe every person’s Sunday reset should be different. Some people like to take a long time with goals and visualization. Others like to focus on the days of the upcoming week. I believe every reset should have a little bit of the big picture and a little bit of the immediate, but I think the customizations are endless. Maybe you can pair each reset with your favorite beverage, or maybe every reset can happen at your favorite cafe in the morning.
Something I’m trying every reset is to implement a longer block of reading. I try to read every day, but every Sunday I want to read more. Intaking a lot of great writing not only refills my creative well, but it’s a great change of pace from trying to get as many of my own words down on the page. I also attend church on Sunday, so I believe that is my key to a great start—being among other believers in the community.
Thank you very much for joining the CANON this week. What would you like me to discuss in the next post? Comment below. Or jump into my Chat or on one of my Notes, and I’ll be happy to hear your input. Let’s continue honing our storytelling abilities this week!