Why you should assign a theme to each workday

On Wednesday mornings, I run little experiments in my solo business. I might update a landing page or create some new types of social posts. Friday mornings are reserved for administrative work. Mondays are a rotation of writing new posts for my blog and updating older posts. When you’re running a solo business, every aspect competes for the same hours, since you’re the only one doing the work. If you give each day of the week a theme, you know in advance what gets your attention that day. {"blockType":"mv-promo-block","data":{"imageDesktopUrl":"https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2025\/11\/work-better-1.png","imageMobileUrl":"https:\/\/images.fastcompany.com\/image\/upload\/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit\/wp-cms-2\/2025\/11\/work-better-mobile-1.png","eyebrow":"","headline":"\u003Cstrong\u003ESubscribe to \u003Cem\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWork. Better.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E","dek":"Thoughts on the future of work, career pivots, and why work shouldn’t suck, by Anna Burgess Yang. To learn more, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.workbetter.media\/\u0022\u003Eworkbetter.media\u003C\/a\u003E.","subhed":"","description":"","…

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