EVERYTHING FEELS IMPORTANT. NOTHING GETS FINISHED.

Your literature review sits half-finished.

You have a data analysis that needs running.

That email to your supervisor has been sitting in drafts for three days.

There's a conference abstract due soon.

And somewhere in there, you're supposed to be making progress on your actual research.

You work long hours.

You're constantly busy.

Yet by day's end, it feels like nothing got accomplished.

This isn't a time management problem.

It's a clarity problem.

When everything screams for your attention, your brain can't commit to anything.

You jump between tasks, finish nothing, and end the day with no evidence of progress.

That invisibility is exhausting.

The One Win Worksheet cuts through the noise in five minutes.

It starts with a complete brain dump - every academic task, administrative obligation, teaching responsibility, and personal errand competing for your attention.

No filtering yet.

Just honesty about the full picture.

Then it gets strategic.

You apply two filters that eliminate tasks outside your control (waiting on supervisor feedback, pending lab results, and ethics approvals).

Suddenly, your overwhelming list becomes manageable.

Finally, you answer three essential questions that identify which remaining tasks are actually completable today - even on a hard day when your energy is low.

What emerges?

One concrete, specific, finishable task.

Your One Win.

When you complete it, something shifts.

Your brain registers actual progress - not planning, not intentions, but proof.

That evidence creates momentum.

And momentum is what turns a stuck PhD into a moving one.

What You Get:

• A battle-tested brain dump framework (designed for PhD life, not generic productivity)

• Two strategic filters that eliminate busy-work and external dependencies

• Three questions that separate "achievable" from "overwhelming"

• Clear examples showing the difference between vague goals and concrete wins

• A decision framework you'll use every single day

• Permission to focus on ONE thing (and let everything else wait)

Who This Is For:

• PhD students in years 2-5 (the messy middle where overwhelm peaks)

• Students with ADHD or neurodivergent brains that need clear structure

• Researchers who work hard but feel invisible progress

• Anyone who's finished a long day and thought, "What did I actually accomplish?"

The Promise:

By the end of today, you won't just plan to be productive. You'll have completed something tangible. Your brain will know it. And tomorrow, you'll be building on that momentum instead of starting from scratch.

P.S. This worksheet is free forever. Use it every day if you need to. Your PhD doesn't run on perfect plans - it runs on finished tasks. This gives you one every single day.