Do you set aside part of your Sunday to get ahead at work? Take our survey.

Do you work on Sundays to get ahead for the week? Take our survey.

Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images For some workers, Sunday has become another day to get ahead for the week.

Weekend work might make Monday easier, yet it can also eat into precious downtime.

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On the seventh day, he locked in.

For some workers, toiling on a Sunday to get ahead for the week can feel like an imperative or maybe a nice way to feel set for the Monday morning barrage of messages and calls.

Yet it also comes at a price, said executive coach Shane Arthur .

"The idea is that if you crush the prep on Sunday night, the week goes so well," he said.

"Don't do that." Arthur said he tells clients — which include business owners, CEOs, and other executives — to avoid it and instead carve out time during the week so work doesn't eat into time for rest and other priorities.

For some workers, logging on over the weekend is the norm.

In 2025, Microsoft reported a "notable bump" in email activity on weekends among users of its workplace software.

Arthur encourages workers — even those who aren't the boss — to block off time Monday morning to plan for the week.

As little as an hour without meetings can help set up a smoother week, he said.

At the other end of the week, Arthur recommends setting aside time Friday afternoon to review the week that was and prepare for the one ahead.