A Productive Sunday With Coffee

Some people spend their Sundays traveling, being lazy, or with their family but for me, I spend my Sunday being productive. It’s not because I follow those entrepreneurshit advice all around but it’s just I operate differently than most people. At some point, I mentioned that I start my week on Saturday which makes Thursday and Friday my weekend. There’s definitely a pros and cons to starting the week differently but because everything I do is based on async which actually is pretty common these days it's not a big of a problem. If you are like me, a remote worker/ digital nomad, or just broke freelancer, async is actually pretty common among us. But again, since the rest of the world doesn’t operate the way I do, Sunday is a nice time for me to reset and strategize. Anyway, this is a slice of life that I like to do so, if you follow me for my travel adventure, brace yourself for this type of content.

A productive Sunday in my life starts with coffee. Coffee will always be numero uno and pretty much determines the rest of my days. As I’d like to say, No coffee, No productivity. I often go to my favorite cafe in town or if I am elsewhere, it’s going to be just the same — any place that sets the mood for being productive, I’ll be there. So far, I have never been told to leave by cafe owners as I often stay a bit long until dinner time. Oftentimes, I am the only customer there so maybe that’s why haha.

As soon as I reach the cafe, I would usually write in my journal. It’s really fun to do and just gives me a good kick start on what I have to accomplish. Not to mention, sometimes I get sparkles to think about new things to try and things to improve on. I have plenty interest but oftentimes everything gets lost in newer things I want to try. I recently learned, it’s partly my fault that sometimes I don’t track the time of things I do. Personally tracking time is a huge help for me because I would know how much I spend doing stuff and not overestimate things that I do.

Did you know that in 25 minutes, you can actually leave about 10-15 comments on hive? I guess it comes down to your reading speed and comprehension. However, if you can read in English or your preferred language of yours, 10-15 isn’t a difficult thing to do. If you recently learned English and just want to leave short comments, I think 5-8 comments for 25 minutes isn’t a huge task. Imagine if you spent an hour, you’d probably find more than 10 new friends in just an hour! But that’s just me. So here’s the question, how long did it take you to leave several comments a day?

When the sun is high, I read books that I either bring from home or at the cafe. I like a place with books just because when I am tired, I can read something. Coffee shops sometimes surprise me with their book collections although mostly in cafes they have entrepreneurship collections. I time myself for about 60 minutes to read books, including lunch. Otherwise, I’d get lost in books and not get anything done.

I also spend the day basically doing admin work where I organize files, my finance, and anything that I have been putting off for a while. I am not always productive so, I am also cleaning up for things I messed up the previous months or week. I strive so hard to be perfect and be productive but trust me, it’s not that easy and sometimes it gets difficult. When it gets that way, I fall pretty hard and throw me off balance. So Sundays are great for resetting like that.

During the afternoon on Sunday, I usually call my mom to discuss business possibilities or things we can prepare in the future. My mom is old enough and it’s time for her to think about retirement. It’s unfortunate that she didn’t even prepare all of this when she was young or think about it. Now, I have to partly help her get back on her feet and while she works, I also want her to stop working for other people and focus on our business and growing it. Retirement doesn't mean that she would stop working but choosing more of an entrepreneurship route and something she can do from home. This is also the biggest lesson I learned that if we are young, it’s best to think about retirement early on, it’s not about “not working” but rather having the ability to do what we like without stressing about money.

I would leave at around 10pm and be home and still do stuff. I mostly do easy mundane tasks before I sleep. Sunday-Thursday is the time when I get the most sleep compared to other days. If I travel the following day, I would probably not fall asleep due to excitement or other stuff, like early flights/ train schedule.

So, that's a Sunday in my life lately. How about you? how is a typical Sunday in your life looks like?