Bad weeks don’t start on Wednesday.

They’re baked in on Sunday.

No structure.
Too many commitments.
Vague priorities.
And a quiet lie:

“I’ll just work harder this week.”

That’s not discipline.
That’s gambling.

Daily hype doesn’t create consistency.
Weekly structure does.

Builders don’t wake up asking how motivated they feel.
They follow the plan that was set when emotions were calm.

If your week feels chaotic, it’s because everything is competing.
Nothing is constrained.

Here’s the shift:

You don’t need better habits.
You need a system that decides before the week starts.

I watched someone burn out by Thursday like clockwork.

Every Sunday they made a “to-do list.”
Every Monday they overcommitted.
By Wednesday they were behind.
By Friday they were disappointed.

Same energy. Same effort.
Different week - same collapse.

We changed one thing.

Instead of planning what to do, they planned what was allowed.

Twenty minutes.
One sheet.
Hard limits.

The next week?
Still busy.
But clean.
No spiral.
No guilt.
No catch-up weekend.

Here’s the exact template: