📚Exam Week Lead Domino

for the goal-setter whose exam week dissolves into a wall of panicked reviewing

Goal

Identify the single highest-leverage topic for each exam day and protect a 3-hour block for it.

Source principle

Focusing Question + Time blocking: under exam pressure, ask which one topic makes the rest easier, then block-protect it. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.

The plan

1. 🗓️
   Sun

   List every exam + date. One page.
2. 🎯
   Sun

   For each exam, ask the Focusing Question: which one topic makes the rest easier?
3. ⭕
   Sun

   Circle the single lead topic per exam. Just one each.
4. ⏰
   Sun

   Block-protect 3 hours for each lead topic on the calendar. Real slots.
5. 📖
   Mon-Wed

   Run each 3-hour block. Same topic, no skipping.
6. 🚫
   Mon-Wed

   No new topic during the block. Even if panicked.
7. 🔄
   Thu

   If a block missed: shrink to 90 min, never skip.
8. 📓
   Fri

   End-of-week log: which lead topic actually paid off. One line per exam.

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