DO LESS,
FINISH MORE
You're carrying eleven roles, one messy exit, and a 24-credit semester that starts in three weeks. This isn't a to-do list — it's the plan that decides what you carry into August and what you set down before then.
The situation
Everything you're currently holding, in one place. Titles are not the same as workload — a "Head of" role that takes two hours a week and an "unpaid intern" role that quietly takes ten are not equivalent, even if they look equal on a resume.
Workload & Deep Work
Visual workload index and suggested deep-work blocks computed dynamically from your credits, checklist activities, and task checklist.
16-Week Semester Heatmap
Calculated load based on course credits and active weekly checklist burden.
Suggested Deep-Work Focus Slots
Targeted focus block allocations for your next 3 pending high-priority actions.
Keep / cut / watch
The rule: a role earns a place in your semester if it builds something (skill, network, income, portfolio, or identity you actually want) at a cost you can name. If you can't name the cost, that's the problem — not the role.
KEEP
CUT
WATCH
Executables
Not intentions — actual actions, each with a "what does done look like." Ordered by urgency. Check them off as you go.
The academic load
24 credits across eight courses is a heavy semester on paper. The real risk isn't any one course — it's that CV and NLP (both 4-credit, both math- and code-heavy) land in the same weeks as your club and internship obligations.
Necessities before term starts
Concrete things to arrange, not just decide.
Pre-semester checklist
Today is July 10, 2026. The semester starts in August. Four weeks, four jobs: decide, exit, prepare, rest.
In-semester operating system
Five phases, August through January, plus a weekly rhythm you repeat throughout. Exact exam dates aren't fixed yet — confirm them against your academic calendar and slot them into the phases below.
Weekly rhythm (repeat every week, Aug–Jan)
Where the stress will actually come from
Specific to your situation, not generic advice. Each cause is paired with the structural fix, not a mood fix — the goal is to change what's causing the pressure, not just cope with it better.
Likely causes
Structural fixes
Non-negotiables
The short version of everything above, for when you don't have time to reread the page.