Lisa WoodruffCEO and founder, Organize 365

This One Simple Rule Will Eliminate Almost All of Your Daily Stress #Organizing #TimeManagement

22 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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Lisa Woodruff's Sunday Basket rule: put anything that can wait until Sunday in a physical basket. This breaks the cycle of constant urgent reaction she calls "mental quicksand," turning postponement into intentional, scheduled work instead of procrastination.

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This one simple rule will eliminate almost all of your daily stress. If it can wait until Sunday, it goes in the basket. We live in a state of urgent reaction because we feel like we have to handle every piece of paper and request on our time and every new thought the second it hits our hands. But that constant interruption is what creates mental quicksand. The Sunday Basket gives you literal physical permission to delay those tasks without the fear of forgetting them. When you drop a form or a bill into the basket, you aren't procrastinating. You're choosing to handle it intentionally during your designated planning time. If you're ready to stop reacting all week long, you can get your own Sunday Basket at the link in my bio.