Sunday-night dread steals Sunday too. Don’t let the worry about Monday eat the day you’re still in.

Dread charges you twice. Monday will arrive and cost whatever it costs, and the worry about it quietly bills you for Sunday evening as well, so you pay for a day that has not happened out of one you are still standing in. The dread rarely helps you prepare. Mostly it rehearses.

Try putting Monday in a box: ten minutes on Sunday afternoon to pack the bag, check the assignment and look up the shift time, then stop. When the thought comes back after that, you can honestly tell yourself it is handled. The rest of the evening is yours to actually spend.