5 AI prompts to beat the Sunday Scaries and build a week you actually enjoy

May 25, 2025

If you’re a marketer, you already know how it goes: Sunday night hits and your brain starts calculating timelines, deadlines, and Slack messages you haven’t opened yet.

By Monday morning, it’s already a blur of meetings, content, client asks, and vague to-do lists.

That’s why I started using AI not just to write for me—but to help plan a week that feels clear, focused, and actually doable.

Below are 5 detailed AI prompts I use (and tweak) at the start of each week. These help me:

Set better priorities
Avoid unnecessary busy work
Stay creative
Communicate clearly with my team and clients

And most importantly: feel like I’m running the week instead of the week running me.

Prompt 1: Plan Your Week Like a Marketing Director

You are a Marketing Director and productivity strategist. Help me build a smart weekly plan that balances strategic projects, urgent deliverables, and creative focus time.

Here’s what I have on my plate this week: [Paste your projects, meetings, and known deadlines.]

Prioritize them into 3 categories:
1. Must-do (non-negotiables)
2. Strategic work (important but flexible)
3. Delegate or minimize (busy work or distractions)

Suggest:
- How to structure my work blocks (deep work, meetings, admin)
- When to batch tasks
- Where I can create space for creative thinking or campaign development
- Any red flags you see in workload or timing

Why it works: It turns a messy mental list into a visual game plan—and makes you feel in control before Monday even begins.

Prompt 2: Create Smarter Client Updates

Act as my marketing communications assistant. Help me write clear, proactive Monday update emails for each of these clients:

Client A: [Insert project or campaign details]
Client B: [Insert another summary]

Each update should:
- Summarize what we completed last week
- Share what’s in progress this week
- Flag anything we need from the client
- Be short, clear, and sound like me (friendly but professional)

Include a subject line and format them like real emails.

Why it works: You’ll spend less time recapping things and more time actually getting them done. Plus, your clients will love the clarity.

Prompt 3: Turn Campaign Chaos Into a Clear Plan

You are a campaign strategist. I’m launching [insert campaign or initiative] and I need a clear outline of what to do this week.

Include:
- Tasks to complete this week only
- Suggested sequencing (what comes first)
- Who should be doing each task (me vs team vs client)
- What I can use AI to speed up (copy, briefs, reports, etc.)

Be specific and realistic about what can be done in 5 working days.

Why it works: You can only move the needle if you know where it is. This prompt makes it easy to break down big campaigns into bite-sized, focused tasks.

Prompt 4: Keep Content Creation Off Auto-Pilot

Act like a content marketing manager who wants to avoid rinse-and-repeat posts.

Give me 5 content ideas I can use this week that:
- Are timely and relevant (based on trends or recent events)
- Match the tone of my brand [describe your brand tone or niche]
- Drive engagement or saves
- Can be drafted quickly with AI (optional: suggest prompts to build them)

Also suggest:
- 1 content idea that’s a little weird, bold, or different
- 1 question post or poll to spark comments

Why it works: You stop defaulting to “just post something” and start using your channels to test and grow smart ideas.

Prompt 5: End the Week with Something to Show

You are my personal marketing operations coach. It’s Friday afternoon and I want to quickly reflect + show what I accomplished this week.

Based on the tasks I completed: [Paste list or summary]

Help me write a short end-of-week summary I can:
- Share with my manager or client
- Use to track my own progress
- Pull from for next week’s planning

Keep it concise. Bullet points or 3–5 sentence recap is perfect.

Why it works: You close the loop. And the more you do it, the easier it becomes to track wins, spot what’s working, and start Monday with momentum.

Bottom line: If you use AI just to write blog posts or captions, you’re missing the bigger opportunity.

Use it to think smarter. Plan better. Communicate clearer.

And maybe—finally—wake up on Monday feeling like you’ve got this.

Try these prompts. Tweak them for your workflow.
And save the ones that actually work for you.