The paper method
Plan a week you can finish. On paper, tonight.
Mustard's whole model fits on one sheet: pick a week's worth, size it small, close the week, plan the next one against what you actually finished. Print it Sunday night. Three weeks in, you'll have a number most people never learn.
Letter or A4, one page, black and white is fine.
The week sheet
1. Sunday night: pick a week's worth
Not everything. What matters this week. Size each one: 1 is "I'll knock it out," 3 is "most of an afternoon," 5 is "there's a surprise in there somewhere."
| # | Task | Pts | Done |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||
| 2 | |||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 9 | |||
| 10 |
2. The arithmetic
Committed pts
You usually finish pts
Leave the second one empty for the first three weeks. If committed is bigger than usual, you know now, not Friday. Your call.
3. Next Sunday: close the week
Finished pts
Rolled forward pts
Unfinished is not unforgiven. It moves to next week's sheet with the same points. Next week starts at zero committed.
Early access
Next Monday shows up either way. Show up to it planned.
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One email now with the method. One at launch, maybe two if something big lands. No newsletter.