for the goal-setter whose deep work keeps slipping to 'tomorrow'
Goal
Spend one protected day advancing nothing but your single most important goal.
Source principle
Time blocking + Focusing Question: protect an entire day for the one thing and let everything else wait. : from The One Thing by Gary Keller.
The plan
- 🎯7:00-7:10 AMAsk the Focusing Question. Write the one thing on a single card.
- 📵7:10-7:30 AMPhone in another room. Tabs closed. Door shut.
- ⏰7:30-9:30 AMFirst 2-hour deep-work sprint. Same one thing.
- 🚶9:30-9:45 AM15-min walking break. Off the screen.
- 🔁9:45 AM-12:15 PMSecond 2.5-hour sprint. Same one thing.
- 🥗12:15-1:15 PMLunch + walk. No screens.
- 🧱1:15-3:45 PMThird 2.5-hour sprint. Push the one thing forward.
- ☕3:45-4:00 PMBreak. Snack, water, step outside.
- 📓4:00-5:00 PMCool-down log: what moved. One paragraph.
- ✏️5:00-5:10 PMWrite tomorrow's one thing. Close the day.