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The 60-Minute
Sunday Reset
With Claude

Six prompts. Six 10-minute blocks. Walk into Monday already knowing your week, your meals, your money and your top 3. Sunday-you does the work once, and weekday-you just shows up.

The reset takes 60 minutes once a week, and Claude does most of the pulling. You answer 4 questions, take 2 photos and make a few decisions. Run it all in one Claude conversation, in order, with a 60-minute timer going.

Set this up before you start.

  1. Google Calendar and Gmail. Go to Customize (being renamed Plugins, so you may see either), then Connectors, and connect both. They work on every plan, including Free. Calendar powers blocks 1 and 3, and Gmail powers block 2.
  2. Slack (optional) from the same page, for block 2.
  3. Your bank’s CSV. Claude has no bank connection of its own, so the simple, safe route is to download last week’s transactions from your bank or card app for block 5.
  4. Your phone for the fridge and freezer photos in block 4.

Gmail can draft and even send email, but Claude asks before every send by default. The prompts below keep drafts in the chat until you say otherwise. (Google Workspace connectors)

Six 10-Minute Blocks

01

Week-ahead brief

Minutes 0 to 10. Scans tomorrow through Friday and flags the 3 meetings that actually matter, so you walk into Monday prepped.

Block 1: Week-Ahead Brief
You are my Week-Ahead Brief generator. I'm running my Sunday Reset and the first 10 minutes are yours. Your job: scan tomorrow through Friday on my calendar and surface the meetings I actually need to prep for, not just a list of what's scheduled. Use my Google Calendar connector. For the next 5 business days: 1. LIST every meeting in order with time, title, attendees, location or link, and my role (organizer / required / optional). 2. FLAG the 3 most important meetings of the week. "Important" means a real decision is being made, a senior stakeholder will be there, the outcome affects the next 3 months, or it's my first meeting with this person. Skip pure status updates. 3. For each flagged meeting, give me: - WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT (the surface topic vs. the actual subtext, if there is one) - WHAT TO PREP (the one document to read, the one number to know, the one question to walk in ready to ask) - WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR ME (one sentence) 4. WARN ME about anything off: back-to-back meetings with no break, a 90-minute meeting that should be 30, a meeting with no agenda, a meeting at a strange time. Tell me which one to push back on if I want time back. 5. END with one line: "The meeting you most want to get right this week is [X]." Pick the one I'd be most disappointed to fumble. Don't hedge. Rules: - If my calendar connector isn't on, ask me to paste my week as plain text and run the same steps. - Calendar only. Don't summarize email or Slack in this block. - Don't write me a recap. Write me a brief.

02

Inbox and Slack triage

Minutes 10 to 20. Clears the noise from the last 48 hours and drafts replies to the 5 messages that really need one.

Block 2: Inbox Triage
You are my Inbox + Slack Triage agent. I'm running my Sunday Reset, block 2. Your job: clear the noise from the last 48 hours and draft replies to the 5 messages that actually need one. Use my Gmail connector and my Slack connector (whichever are connected; work with what you have). For everything unread from the last 48 hours: 1. SORT into 4 buckets: - NEEDS A REPLY THIS WEEK. Someone is actively waiting on me. - ALREADY HANDLED. A thread that resolved without me. - NOISE. Newsletters, notifications, marketing, auto-emails. - NEEDS A DECISION. Not a reply, but I need to make a call. 2. RANK the NEEDS A REPLY bucket by who's waiting (senior / peer / external), how long they've waited, and the cost of delay (deal-blocker vs. nice-to-have). 3. DRAFT REPLIES to the top 5. Each one should: - Match the sender's length (2 sentences back if they sent 2 sentences) - Answer the question they actually asked - End with a clear next step or a clean close - Sign off the way I do (check a few of my sent emails) 4. For NEEDS A DECISION, give me a one-line yes / no / defer recommendation for each. 5. END with: "Want me to save these 5 as Gmail drafts so you can review and send?" Rules: - Show drafts in this chat first. Never send anything. Only save drafts if I say yes. - No "Sorry for the delay" or "Hope this email finds you well." - Don't flag a newsletter as needing a reply just because it has a question mark. - If a message is emotional (someone is upset, grieving, anxious), don't draft it. Flag it: "This one needs you, not me." - If you can't tell which bucket a message goes in, ask me. Don't guess.

03

Energy map

Minutes 20 to 30. Looks at last week’s calendar, asks 4 quick questions about what drained you, then flags the dips coming this week. It’s the block most people skip and the one I’d protect.

Block 3: Energy Map
You are my Energy Map analyst. I'm running my Sunday Reset, block 3. Your job: look at last week's calendar, learn where my energy went, and warn me about the predictable dips coming this week so I can get ahead of them. Use my Google Calendar connector for the past 7 days and the next 7 days. Step 1. INTERVIEW ME. Ask these 4 questions one at a time and wait for each answer. a. Which meeting or block of work last week left me most drained? Why? b. Which one left me most energized? Why? c. Was there a day I hit a wall in the afternoon? What led up to it? d. Was there a day I felt in flow? What was the shape of that day? Step 2. MATCH THE PATTERN. Compare my answers to this week's calendar and point out: - Days with 4 or more back-to-back meetings - Mornings where my best work time is eaten by recurring meetings I could move - High-stakes meetings right after lunch - Days that end with a draining recurring meeting Step 3. GIVE ME 3 SPECIFIC MOVES: - One thing I can do TODAY to make my hardest day easier (prep, a moved meeting, a buffer block) - One meeting to DECLINE OR MOVE to protect my best work block - One recovery window to block on the calendar before the week starts, and exactly where Rules: - Calendar moves only. No generic self-care advice and no lectures about overcommitting. - If my week looks fine, say so. Don't invent problems. - Before you add or move anything on my calendar, show me the change and wait for my OK.

04

Meal plan and grocery list

Minutes 30 to 40. Snap your fridge and freezer and attach both photos. You get 4 dinners built from what you already have and a grocery list by aisle.

Block 4: Meal Plan
You are my weekly meal planner. I'm running my Sunday Reset, block 4. Your job: turn my photos into 4 dinners for the week and a grocery list organized by store aisle. I'm attaching: - A photo of my fridge - A photo of my freezer - (Optional) a photo of my pantry My household: [HOW MANY PEOPLE, ANY KIDS] Allergies and what we won't eat: [LIST] Run this sequence: 1. INVENTORY. List every ingredient you can see by category (proteins, produce, dairy, pantry, condiments, frozen). Flag anything that looks like it needs to be used soon. 2. BUILD 4 DINNERS using what's already here. Each one should: - Use at least 2 ingredients I already have - Take 30 minutes or less from start to plate - Respect my allergies and dislikes above - Make enough for at least one leftover lunch 3. For each dinner: name, one-line description, what I already have, what to buy, cook time, and which night to make it (most perishable first). 4. GROCERY LIST. Only what I need for the 4 dinners, grouped by aisle (produce, dairy, meat, pantry, frozen), with rough quantities. 5. CALL IT OUT. Tell me which dinner is my 15-minute backup for the night everything falls apart. Rules: - No specialty ingredients I'd buy for one recipe and never use again. - If you can't see something clearly, ask. Don't call it chicken if it might be turkey.

05

Money check

Minutes 40 to 50. Attach the CSV. Claude scans last week’s spending, spots what’s likely to bill this week, and gives you one move to make.

Block 5: Money Check
You are my weekly money check. I'm running my Sunday Reset, block 5. Your job: a 10-minute scan of last week's spending plus what's hitting this week, so I'm not surprised on Wednesday by a $400 auto-renewal. I'm attaching last week's transactions (a CSV export from my bank or card, or a pasted list). My usual weekly spending, if I know it: [$ AMOUNT or "not sure"] Run this: 1. LAST WEEK. Group transactions by category (groceries, dining, transport, subscriptions, shopping, bills, income, transfers). One-line total per category. 2. FLAG ANYTHING ODD. A charge from a name I might not recognize, a doubled subscription, a category way above my normal week, a refund I should follow up on. 3. THIS WEEK. Based on the dates of recurring charges in my data, which bills and subscriptions are likely to hit in the next 7 days? Give me the date and amount for each, and say when you're estimating. 4. ONE WIN, ONE LEAK. One category where I held the line, and one that's drifting up. 5. ONE ACTION. The single money move with the biggest payoff this week (cancel a subscription, move money to savings, dispute a charge, pay down a balance) and why. Rules: - Data and actions only. No lectures about saving more. - Don't recommend a new budgeting app. - If my data is incomplete, tell me what's missing instead of guessing. - Ignore any account numbers in the file and never repeat them back.

06

Brain dump to top 3

Minutes 50 to 60. Dump everything on your mind for 5 minutes. Claude pulls out the 3 things that make everything else easier or unnecessary.

Block 6: Brain Dump
You are my Brain Dump translator. I'm running my Sunday Reset, block 6, the last one. Your job: let me dump everything on my mind, then pull out the 3 things that, if done this week, make everything else easier or unnecessary. Step 1. JUST LISTEN. I'm going to dump tasks, ideas, worries, half-thoughts and decisions I've been avoiding. Don't organize or respond as I go. When I write "OK, done," move to step 2. Step 2. SORT everything into: - REAL PROJECTS (multi-step things I'm moving forward) - SINGLE ACTIONS (one task under 30 minutes) - DECISIONS PENDING (things I've been avoiding deciding) - WORRIES (things I'm spinning on that aren't actionable yet) - NOISE (things that feel urgent but won't matter in 30 days) Step 3. GIVE ME THE TOP 3. Pick the 3 that unblock something else, end a decision that's draining me, or create momentum. Not the loudest ones, the most leveraged. One sentence each on why. Then tell me which to do first and the first physical step (open the doc, send the text, call the number). Step 4. PUSH BACK. If something I care about is busywork dressed up as a priority, call it out. Rules: - No productivity essay, no "how does that make you feel," no journaling. This is strategy. - Show me the full sorted list in one short block at the end so I can save it.
Make It Stick

Only Have 30 Minutes?

Run blocks 1, 4 and 6. Calendar brief, meal plan, top 3. That’s the survival reset, and the rest can wait until next week.

01

Put it on autopilot

On a paid plan, Claude can do the pulling before you sit down. Paste this into any chat and Claude will offer to schedule it. Review the name and time, then click Schedule.

In the older layout, click Scheduled in the left sidebar, then New task, then Create with Claude. Scheduled tasks run even when your laptop is asleep. (How scheduled tasks work)

Sunday Autopilot (Scheduled Task)
Every Sunday at 4pm, start my Sunday Reset. 1. Pull my Google Calendar for the next 7 days and list the 3 meetings that matter most, with one prep note each. 2. Pull my unread Gmail from the last 48 hours and sort it into needs a reply, needs a decision, and noise. Draft replies in this chat only. Don't send or save anything. 3. Flag any day this week with 4 or more back-to-back meetings. 4. End with: "Your reset is ready. Start with block 3 (Energy Map), then send me your fridge photos and bank CSV." Keep the whole summary under 300 words.

02

Dodge the 3 pitfalls

  1. Skipping the energy map because it feels soft. It’s the block that heads off a crash midweek.
  2. Doing it Saturday morning. Sunday afternoon is close enough to Monday that the plan still holds.
  3. Running it half-asleep at 10pm. You’ll do the work and remember none of it Monday.

Want the daily version? Build the Morning Chief of Staff. For more weekend set-and-forget ideas, see 10 Things to Automate This Weekend.