Coaching practices for My Whole Week is Just a Pile of Work Tasks and the Parts of Me That Matter Being a Real Parent a Partner a Friend Looking After Myself Get No Planning at All So They Only Get My Leftovers If There Are Any
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- My whole week is just a pile of work tasks, and the parts of me that matter
- My whole week is an undifferentiated blur where every single day mixes a bit of everything, and I end most of them drained and somehow with nothing finished
- Another week just vanished and the few things I actually meant to do never happened
- I dive into Monday with no sense of what the week is actually for, so I end up chasing whatever shouts loudest each day and the two or three things that would make the week a real success never get a protected slot.
- I made a real plan for the week and somewhere along the way it quietly fell apart again, and I genuinely can’t tell you where it went sideways
Practices that may help
- Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
Big Rocks First - Assign a theme to each day of the week
Decide in advance which type of work each weekday is for and protect those assignments.
Theme Days, Made Practical - Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
Big Rocks First - Weekly planning
Set the week’s priorities and rough blocks before the week starts.
Time Blocking, Made Practical - Compare ideal and actual week each Friday
Review the gap between the week you designed and the week you lived, and pick one structural change.
Ideal Week Design - Design your ideal week before you fill it
Draw the week you want to live, then defend it from the week that arrives.
Lifestyle Design, Made Practical - Identify minimum viable versions of your priorities
For each priority, define the smallest version that still counts so busy weeks don't erase it.
The Time Audit - Apply RPM at the weekly level
Run the result-purpose-MAP sequence on your week each Sunday to set directional focus before Monday begins.
Tony Robbins’ Rapid Planning Method (RPM), Made Practical - Assign broad themes to days of the week
Dedicate each weekday to a broad category of work (deep creation, meetings, admin) to reduce context-switching.
Ideal Week Design - Do a brief weekly review and planning session
Each week, review what happened, clear the decks, and commit to next week’s MITs.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
Related concerns
- Design Your Perfect Week
Draw the week you want to live, then defend it from the week that arrives.
Design your ideal week before you fill it
- Ideal Week Template
Design a blank-canvas week that shows where each type of activity should live, before any specific week's demands arrive.
Create an ideal week template
- When Big Rocks First Weekly Big Rocks Planning
On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
- Busy Week Habit
For each priority, define the smallest version that still counts so busy weeks don't erase it.
Identify minimum viable versions of your priorities
- How To Organize Your Week By Type Of Work
Decide in advance which type of work each weekday is for and protect those assignments.
Assign a theme to each day of the week
- How To Plan Your Week
Set the week’s priorities and rough blocks before the week starts.
Weekly planning
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