Vanderkam explains that Friday afternoons—or whenever your workweek ends, if you don’t work Monday through Friday—are excellent times in which to evaluate what the next week might look like ...

Like a lot of people, I used to spend Monday mornings gearing up for the week.I used to start Mondays sifting through unread ...

How often does this happen to you? You arrive at work Monday morning eager to write that report your boss has been waiting for but, by 10:15 a.m., you’ve already wasted 30 minutes tracking down ...

And a few years back, she took to Quartz to explain why we should all be sitting down on Friday to plan the week to come. She offers four rationales for her suggestions: Opportunity cost. It’s ...

7 Things You Can Do on Friday to Make Monday Awesome. ... Go through next week’s calendar and plan out the entire week. Set reminder alarms on your computer or smartphone calendar.

Go ahead and do the brainless stuff. Even if you have paced yourself through the week, most people aren’t going to start huge projects at 2:30 p.m. on Friday.

Use Monday as the day to plan out the rest of the week. Mark your calendar with all the plans including all the dinners and happy hours you are planning to attend. ... Friday (Stick to your plan) ...