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My Sunday Rituals

Sundays are Important.


I am a systems nerd. I like to replace agony with systems. And another thing I like is reflection.

I value my weekends a lot. My Saturdays are completely devoted to play, passion projects and hobbies. While the Sundays are for reviewing, reflection and planning.

I do both a professional and personal reflection/review/planning. And so, my Sunday is divided into several parts.

Morning

I like to get first part of my personal reflection done in the morning. I call this "Phase 1: Closure." (There are total 3 phases).

I like to ask myself these questions:

Work Health Relationships
Money: 1/4 Mind Romance
Growth Body Family
Vision Soul Friends

Usually this takes about <25m.
I also do a few leftover tasks from the week (usually hobby related in the morning session.)

Afternoon

I shift to a scholar mode here. I start around 1:30pm IST (but it really varies), and do some deep work for about 4 hours.

Here's what my professional (as in, STUDY) review consists of. I call this the "Ultrareview," inspired by the Ultralearning method.

Act 1: Recall Dump (~30m)

I take a blank sheet of paper and dump everything I learned this week (that I can think of). I write formulae, problem-solving strategies, and almost any information that I can remember.

By leveraging active recall, you can see right away where you feel friction, what is clear and what is not.

Act 2: Triage (~10m)

From that paper, I triage the information into three categories:

  1. 🟩 cool, but need some polishing
  2. 🟨 might be worth revisiting
  3. 🟥 okay, bro, you MUST learn it again.

This helps figuring out what needs a deep dive and what does not.

Act 3: Consolidate (~30m)

This involves making simple tl;dr like Obsidian notes and Anki flashcards that capture the gist of what the topic is.

Things I like to include:

But not every topic needs Obsidian notes (a simple Anki card would suffice). I am still working on my ability to pick the necessary topic to write notes on.

Act 4: Retrieval (~30m)

Deliberate Practice.

I go to my Anki, create a filtered deck (F), and do all the cards for created that week:

deck:Default added:7

I would usually have blank cards on which I have written only the questions, and in this session, I might try filling in the gaps (if needed), or stylize my flagged cards for the long-term.

Act 5: Meta-reflection (~15m)

At the end of the review session, I ask myself these questions:

You'd often find some really interesting information.

And we are done with the Ultrareview. I am left with some time, I would usually do some writing or leftover blog.

Evening

I do the remaining two phases of my personal review/reflection.
I like to pair this with some nice ambient music. Thanks to myNoise.net for being and amazing resource.

Phase 2: Strategic Debrief

🏹 War Reflection

⌛ Deep Work Stats

This one is the core of the reflection process. I usually have my wins logged on this site, so it helps to know exactly what I did. I also use Timewarrior to track the time I spend on my computer.

Phase 3: Recalibration

This part sets me up for the next week. And so, this part is crucial as well. Sometimes I would pair this up with some good ol' forecasting.


And that's all about my Sunday rituals. I hope you will set up your own as well!
It's amazing, really.

Last Updated: July 6, 2025

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