Rebuilding the morning
Before
Slack, notes, the tabs still open from yesterday: twenty-five minutes assembling where everything stands. Each thing you recall pushes out another. You still miss that the client on business B changed terms on Friday.
What it costs: Twenty-five minutes rebuilt from scratch, and the change you never saw
After
The brief is waiting when you sit down. At the top: “B — client pulled the deadline forward by a week on Friday.” Under it, today across all three businesses, in priority order. Remembering last week is not part of the morning, and where your hours should go today comes with it.
