THE BRIEF
Next week is chaos: four client calls, a workshop to prep, a dentist appointment, and I promised my sister I'd help her move Saturday. Here's my calendar and to-do list. Make it work.
Scenario: Independent brand consultant juggling four clients and a workshop
Package: Week schedule plan · $30 · 60 min
Three things are handled. One needs you.
HANDLED
- Moved the Ferris Co. call from Tuesday 9 a.m. to Wednesday 2 p.m. Their assistant confirmed.
- Blocked Thursday 8 to 11 a.m. as deep work for workshop prep. Phone off.
- Dentist stays Tuesday 4 p.m. I added 30 minutes of travel on each side.
WAITING
- Lena (Marrow Studio) hasn't confirmed Friday 10 a.m. I'll follow up Monday at noon if she hasn't replied.
THE WEEK
| Day | Morning (high energy) | Afternoon (medium) | Late (low) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | Workshop outline, 2 hrs | Client call: Pell, 1 p.m. | Email, 30 min |
| Tue | Client work: Ferris deck | Admin, invoices | Dentist 4 p.m. |
| Wed | Workshop slides, 2 hrs | Ferris call, 2 p.m. | Nothing. Leave it empty. |
| Thu | Deep work: workshop prep, 8 to 11 | Client call: Odum, 1 p.m. | Pack for Saturday |
| Fri | Marrow call, 10 a.m. | Workshop dry run, 3 p.m. | Done by 5 |
| Sat | Sister's move, 9 a.m. |
- Day
- Mon
- Morning (high energy)
- Workshop outline, 2 hrs
- Afternoon (medium)
- Client call: Pell, 1 p.m.
- Late (low)
- Email, 30 min
- Day
- Tue
- Morning (high energy)
- Client work: Ferris deck
- Afternoon (medium)
- Admin, invoices
- Late (low)
- Dentist 4 p.m.
- Day
- Wed
- Morning (high energy)
- Workshop slides, 2 hrs
- Afternoon (medium)
- Ferris call, 2 p.m.
- Late (low)
- Nothing. Leave it empty.
- Day
- Thu
- Morning (high energy)
- Deep work: workshop prep, 8 to 11
- Afternoon (medium)
- Client call: Odum, 1 p.m.
- Late (low)
- Pack for Saturday
- Day
- Fri
- Morning (high energy)
- Marrow call, 10 a.m.
- Afternoon (medium)
- Workshop dry run, 3 p.m.
- Late (low)
- Done by 5
- Day
- Sat
- Morning (high energy)
- Sister's move, 9 a.m.
- Afternoon (medium)
- Late (low)
WHY IT'S SHAPED LIKE THIS
- Workshop prep is in mornings, when you write best.
- Calls are afternoons. You told me you're sharpest before lunch.
- Wednesday evening is empty on purpose. Something always slips, and this is where it goes.
BACKUP PLAN
If the workshop slides aren't done by Thursday noon, Friday's 3 p.m. dry run becomes a finishing session and the dry run moves to Monday morning.
NEEDS YOU
Do you want the Saturday move on your work calendar, or kept off where clients can see it?
That's it from me. — Diane
