the sunday dread has a mechanism

The Sunday dread has a mechanism, and it isn't your job. Not exactly.

Anticipation is processed louder than experience. Your brain previews Monday at full volume.

And it rehearses the week without the coffee, the momentum, the small wins you'll actually have. An unfair simulation.

So don't plan the week tonight. Plan the first hour of tomorrow. Dread shrinks to the size of what's actually next.