Weekly record
The Sunday Receipt
A weekly record of what you did, what you survived, what helped, and what needs repair.
What this tool does
The Sunday Receipt is the antidote to the brain's habit of remembering unfinished work and forgetting evidence. It captures done, learned, helped, drained, and next.
Write three done things. Tiny counts. Survived counts.
Bad-week version
Use it when
- The week felt like failure because the undone list is louder than the done list.
- You need evidence before planning the next week.
- You want a gentle bridge into the Weekly War Room.
How to use it
- Write what got done.
- Write what you survived.
- Write what helped.
- Write what drained you.
- Choose one repair for next week.
Worksheet version
Copy these prompts into a notebook, notes app, spreadsheet, or the nearest envelope that is already judging you.
Common traps
- Only recording impressive things.
- Turning the receipt into a self-review at a hostile corporation.
- Skipping the receipt because the week was messy. Messy weeks need receipts most.
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The Sunday Receipt is one handle from Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive. The full book connects it to habits, boundaries, money, work, rest, and bad-week repair.