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The 10-minute weekly reset.
For anyone in the middle of a change, or leading through one. Sunday night or Monday morning, once a week.
10 minutes a week, plus 20 minutes every fourth week to look back
Why it matters
When a lot is changing at once, the week runs you. A layoff, a new role, a move: each one fills the calendar with urgent things and pushes the important ones to someday. Without a short pause, you end the month busy and no closer to where you meant to go.
The reset is five questions, written down, the same five every week. Writing matters. Thinking about a question lets you skip the hard part. Writing an answer makes you pick one.
Skip it and the cost is quiet: the conversation you meant to have slides another week, the decision you keep circling stays open, and the thing you keep putting up with becomes normal. By week three of doing it, the pattern shows up on paper, and that is where the value is.
How to use it
- Pick one time and one place, and keep them the same every week. Sunday evening at the kitchen table or Monday before email both work.
- Print a stack of these sheets, or copy the five questions into one notebook you use only for this.
- Set a 10-minute timer. Answer the five questions in order. Short answers are fine; a word or a line is enough.
- Fill in the plan table: one decision, one conversation, one thing to stop, each with a day.
- Put the conversation and the decision on your calendar before you close the notebook.
- Every fourth week, spread the last four sheets out and do the look-back section. That is where the pattern shows up.
The worksheet
Before you start
The five questions
- What actually moved this week, even a little?Name real things: an application sent, a hard call made, a box unpacked. In a hard stretch, small counts.
- What did I avoid, and what did avoiding it cost me?Be specific about the cost: a night of worry, a missed deadline, a conversation that got harder by waiting.
- What is one thing I will decide this week, not just think about?Pick something you can close in seven days. If it is too big, decide the next piece of it.
- Who do I need to talk to, and when will I do it?A name and a day. Not 'reach out to people,' but 'call Dana on Tuesday at lunch.'
- What will I stop putting up with, starting now?Something small you control: the cluttered desk, the late-night email, the meeting that never needed you.
This week's plan
| What, exactly | Which day | |
|---|---|---|
| The one decision | ||
| The one conversation | ||
| The one thing I'll stop | ||
| One thing just for me |