{"id":29,"date":"2025-05-02T08:10:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/you-dont-have-52-weeks-this-year\/"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:10:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T08:10:23","slug":"you-dont-have-52-weeks-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/2025\/05\/02\/you-dont-have-52-weeks-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"You don\u2019t have 52 weeks this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Hatch Thirty-six weeks. Part of my process for planning my business for the New Year is to do a little reality check on exactly how much time I have to work with. What are you talking about, Rob? You have a year. Technically, that\u2019s true. However, on closer inspection, I only have 36 [\u2026]<\/p>\n<h2>By Rob Hatch<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-15605\" src=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Busy-full-calendar.a-800x385.jpg\" alt=\"A very busy, full planner with many notes, highlights and scribbles.\" width=\"800\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Busy-full-calendar.a-800x385.jpg 800w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Busy-full-calendar.a-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Busy-full-calendar.a-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/smallbizsurvival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Busy-full-calendar.a.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thirty-six weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of my process for planning my business for the New Year is to do a little reality check on exactly how much time I have to work with.<\/p>\n<p><em>What are you talking about, Rob? You have a year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Technically, that\u2019s true. However, on closer inspection, I only have 36 FULL weeks available.<\/p>\n<h2>36 is the new 52<\/h2>\n<p>My process is pretty simple. I set up a spreadsheet listing every week in 2025. Right off the bat, you\u2019ll notice that the first whole week begins on January 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Next, I block off the weeks when I know I will be on vacation and spending time with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>Then, I note each week a holiday or personal event occurs that will limit the time I have available for work.<\/p>\n<p>I noted weeks when my children are on school break, and I want a <em>lighter<\/em> work schedule.<\/p>\n<p>I look at the seasonal ebbs and flows of our family life, such as when we begin and end the school year.<\/p>\n<p>Taking all that into account, I was left with 36 full weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-six weeks is a very different number to work with than fifty-two.<\/p>\n<h2>Here\u2019s what I found most helpful about this exercise.<\/h2>\n<p>1. <strong>I am starting my annual planning by prioritizing time with my family.<\/strong> I am deciding ahead of time to set aside significant time for that.<\/p>\n<p>2. Many of the other weeks (holidays, school vacation, weeks of transition) will happen regardless. <strong>By planning <em>for<\/em> them, I can plan <em>around<\/em> them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3. As I look at what I want to accomplish next year, <strong>I have a clear picture of the time resources available<\/strong> to commit to achieving them.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-six <em>full<\/em> weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Your number will likely be different. The point is to figure out your number and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rob Hatch Thirty-six weeks. Part of my process for planning my business for the New Year is to do a little reality check on exactly how much time I have to work with. What are you talking about, Rob? You have a year. Technically, that\u2019s true. However, on closer inspection, I only have 36 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-income"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeincome.online\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}