Weekly Planning When You Wear Many Hats: Strategies for Juggling Multiple Roles (TPS572)
The Productivity Show
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Simplifying Weekly Planning
This chapter addresses the complexities of weekly planning for individuals balancing multiple roles, such as parenting, work, and side hustles. It highlights the importance of simplifying task management to enhance efficiency and avoid overwhelm, introducing strategies like the 'rule of three' to prioritize key tasks. The discussion emphasizes the necessity of clarity in goals and making trade-offs to effectively navigate a busy schedule.
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Top 3 Productivity Resources 
What it really feels like to juggle too many hats at once 
Weekly planning essentials when life pulls you in every direction 
Thanh’s method for locking in your “Big 3” priorities 
Should you theme your week by role to stay sane? 
Do fancy task manager “focus” tools actually help—or just complicate things? 
When AI meets task management: the MCP experiment 
Why being “too busy” might secretly make you more productive 
The overlooked key to productivity: managing energy, not just time 
Step‑by‑step moves to finally get a handle on your week 
