for the procrastinator who'd rather triage avoided tasks Sunday than dodge them Monday
Goal
Run a 30-min Sunday triage: rank avoided tasks, schedule cracks, lock the system.
Source principle
A weekly triage ritual on a fixed day turns avoidance chaos into a 30-min system that runs itself. : from How to Become a Straight-A Student by Cal Newport.
The plan
- 🪑Sun 4:00-4:05 PMSit down, same place, same time, no negotiation.
- 📋Sun 4:05-4:15 PMList every avoided task from last week, no shame.
- 📊Sun 4:15-4:25 PMRank by dread (1-10), pick the top 3 only.
- 📅Sun 4:25-4:35 PMFor each top-3, schedule one 25-min crack this week.
- 🗓️Sun 4:35-4:45 PMList every deadline this week, including hidden ones.
- ⏰Sun 4:45-4:55 PMTime-block the deadlines onto the calendar.
- 🔁Sun 4:55-5:05 PMSlot the 25-min cracks as recurring events.
- 🚩Sun 5:05-5:15 PMFlag crunch weeks in next 3 weeks, pre-plan a buffer.
- ✂️Sun 5:15-5:25 PMSet a stop-doing list, what gets cut this week.
- 🔒Sun 5:25-5:30 PMLock the slot as recurring, the system runs itself.
Reward
Walk away with the week mapped, no Monday panic.