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You Don't Have To
Do It All Right Now.

There are only so many hours in a day. This worksheet helps you breathe, cut through the noise, and figure out what actually needs to happen — and what can wait.

✦ Any business stage ✦ Works for busy mums too ✦ No fluff ✦ 30 minutes

A note from Linsey: As a single mum building a business from scratch, there were days where the list of important things felt completely impossible. Business tasks, looking after my daughter, self-care, admin, content, daily home cleaning and cooking— all screaming for attention at once. The thing that saved me wasn't a fancy system. It was learning to ask: does this actually need to happen today? Usually, the answer was no. This worksheet is built around that question.

Get It Out of Your Head

Write everything down — business and personal. Don't filter, don't prioritise yet. Just empty your brain onto the page. This alone will make you feel better.

💼 Business tasks

🏠 Personal & home

🌿 Me — self care & priorities

💭 Worries taking up headspace

"You don't have to do it all right now."

Look at that list. Take a breath. None of it has to happen today. You are one person, and you are already doing something remarkable by showing up at all. The next steps are about choosing — not doing everything at once.

Your Honest Hours

Before you can plan, you need to know what you're actually working with. Be realistic — not aspirational.

Hours available for business this week After school runs, appointments, sleep, meals

Your peak energy time of day When are you sharpest? That's for deep work.

Low energy time of day Save admin, emails, and easy tasks for here.

Anything happening this week that will eat time? School events, appointments, commitments

✦ The honest truth: If you have 10 hours this week, you can do 10 hours of things — not 40. The overwhelm often comes from holding a 40-hour list against a 10-hour reality. This section is your permission to plan for the week you actually have.

Sort It Into Four Buckets

Go back to your brain dump in Section 1. Write each task in the bucket it belongs in — be honest about what's truly urgent versus what just feels urgent.

↑ URGENT

✦ Do it now

Urgent + important. Deadlines, client work, anything that genuinely can't wait.

✦ Ask for help

Urgent but not your job. Can someone else do this? Can it be simplified or skipped?

✦ Plan it in

Important but not urgent. Schedule it for next week or later. It matters — just not today.

✦ Let it go

Not urgent, not important. The "should dos" that guilt is putting on the list. Cross them off.

← IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT →

↓ NOT URGENT

Plan Your Week — Realistically

Using only your "Do it now" tasks and your honest hours from Section 2, map out this week. One or two things per day maximum. Leave space — life will fill it.

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Notice anything? Write your reaction here:

Your Permission Slips

Tick the ones you need to hear today. Actually tick them — it matters.

I have permission to not reply to every message today.

I have permission to rest without earning it first.

I have permission to do less — and do it well.

I have permission to ask for help.

I have permission to move a deadline that I set myself.

I have permission to put myself on the list too.

I have permission to say no — even to good opportunities.

I have permission to build this business slowly and sustainably.

This Week's One Thing

If everything else fell away — what is the one thing that would make this week feel like a success? Write it here and protect it.

My Focus This Week

The one thing I'm protecting this week is

The thing I'm giving myself permission to leave for later is

I will protect my energy by

The one thing I'm doing just for me this week is

This Week's Promise to Yourself

Write it. Mean it. Come back to it when the overwhelm creeps back in.

This week, I, , choose to focus on

and let go of

for now.

I don't have to do it all right now.

I just have to show up.

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You Don't Have ToDo It All Right Now.

"You don't have to do it all right now."

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This Week's Promise to Yourself

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You Don't Have To
Do It All Right Now.