As it turns out, there is some logic to the idea that decluttering your space and making it “nice” can have a positive impact on your mental wellbeing. As one 2009 study in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin found, people with messy and cluttered homes tend to produce higher levels of cortisol, the stress hormone.

Another 2011 study in The Journal of Neuroscience found that mess can make it harder for the brain to focus and can leave you with that worrying feeling in the back of your mind that there’s something you forgot to do. Sound familiar?

According to Georgia Gadsby March, Co-Founder of Unearth PR, who has been studying the trend, “Sunday resets are the perfect way to ensure you’re prioritising your mental health and wellbeing. When life feels like it’s moving at a million miles per hour, it’s incredibly easy to forget to do the washing up, give hoovering a miss, and leave a cupboard restock until the very last minute.”

She adds, “We easily mistake day jobs and side hustles as priorities in our lives when, in reality, you can’t function properly when your headspace is taken up with the knowledge that you have to clean your home or you have a pile of dishes getting larger and larger in the sink. Making these tasks an essential part of your end of week routine can help clear this headspace and ensure your productivity levels are as high as they can be.”

Dannielle Haig, Principal Psychologist at DH Consulting, says, “Sundays are a great time to take the time and space for yourself; to recollect your thoughts and energy and to prepare yourself for the week ahead. This can be as long or as short as you like. From a moment of self-reflection and energy checking, journal writing, gratuities practice, a gym class, cooking a meal.”

How the ‘Sunday reset’ trend could be exactly what you need to start your week right