I'm an executive coach. I tell clients not to spend Sunday night preparing for work.

On Fridays, executive coach Shane Arthur tries to walk in the woods to review his week and prepare for the next.

Courtesy of Shane Arthur Executive coach Shane Arthur advises clients not to spend Sunday nights prepping for the week.

He blocks Monday morning meetings to ease into the workweek and Friday afternoons to wind down.

Arthur said that while there are rules, employees have a bit more freedom than they sometimes take.

Shane Arthur, an executive coach in Raleigh, North Carolina, advises clients to avoid working on Sundays — and to start their workweeks by avoiding meetings on Monday mornings.

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I believe in startup and shutdown routines for your week.

On Monday mornings, I get my coffee, my journal, and my laptop.

I take it slow and build my way into my week.

It takes two to three hours.

Working on Sundays is something I've seen people talking about on LinkedIn, as in, "This is how to make your week work." The idea is that if you crush the prep on Sunday night, the week goes so well.

Don't do that.

Many of my clients are business owners, CEOs, and executives who are consistently working too much.

I own my business, so I have the freedom to book the hours I want.