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Productivity prompts

Planning, prioritisation, the week ahead. Systems that survive contact with Tuesday.

• self Plan a Two-Week Recovery Push After Ignoring Every Warning Sign of Burnout

  Plan a burnout recovery push that works around the job you cannot quit for two weeks.

• work Turn Messy Meeting Notes into Minutes People Read

  Turn scribbled meeting notes into minutes with decisions and actions.

• work Run a Weekly Review That Actually Feeds Next Week

  Distil a week of scattered notes into commitments, decisions, and Monday's plan.

• work Cut a Twenty-Item To-Do List Down to Three

  Triage an overgrown task list into today, this week, and the bin.

• self Compare the Routine You Describe With the Week You Had

  Put your stated routine next to reality and fix the right one.

• work Decide Which Standing Meetings You Can Actually Decline

  Work out which recurring meetings to drop, and how to say so.

• work Work Out Why Your Afternoons Keep Collapsing

  Map your energy across the day and stop fighting the 3pm slump.

• work Turn a Vague Annual Goal into Quarterly Bets

  Reframe a woolly annual goal as falsifiable quarterly bets with kill criteria.

• work Walk into a Meeting Prepared When You Have Ten Minutes

  Ten minutes of prep that reads like you did the reading.

• work Find Out Where Your Calendar Eats Your Focus

  Audit last week's calendar for the gaps too small to think in.

• work Put Your Worst Recurring Meeting Through a Proper Review

  Diagnose why your weekly meeting drags and fix the worst of it.

• self Shrink a Habit Until Skipping It Feels Silly

  Get a two-minute version of the habit you keep abandoning.

• work Plan a Week That Still Works by Wednesday

  Build a weekly plan with enough slack to survive an actual week.

• work Write an Agenda That Stops the Meeting Wandering

  Turn a vague meeting into a timed agenda with a point.

• self Summarise A Coaching Session Into Actions I Will Actually Do

  Turn an hour of coaching talk into three actions you will actually do before the next session.

• life Reframe A Chaotic Family Group Chat Into A Plan

  Turn forty unread family messages about Christmas into one clear decision.

• self Reframe Not Hitting A New Year Resolution By July

  Work out if the January resolution is worth restarting, adjusting, or quietly retiring by now.

• self Critique My Morning Routine For What Is Actually Load Bearing

  Find out which steps in your morning routine are load bearing and which are just for show.

• self Critique Your Own Excuse for Skipping a Habit Again

  Find out if your reason for skipping today was real or just comfortable.

• self Critique My Five Year Plan For Wishful Thinking

  Find the step in your five year plan that is secretly just hoping for a lucky break.

• life Plan A House Move Without Losing Your Mind

  Build a week-by-week moving timeline so nothing gets forgotten until moving day.

• self Decode Why I Keep Procrastinating On One Specific Task

  Work out why this one task specifically keeps getting avoided, not procrastination in general.

• self Plan A Habit Restart After Falling Off For Weeks

  Restart a habit that quietly died in October without the guilt spiral that usually follows.

• play Turn A Messy Brainstorm Into A Prioritised List

  Turn a chaotic brainstorm into a list you can actually act on.

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