THE RATHER ODD WEEK
Who decided work gets five days and life gets two?
We redesigned the week for female founders. Instead of cramming life into two days, the Rather Odd Week gives each purpose a whole day of its own. Built for female founders who believe balance is possible, for themselves and for the teams they lead.
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The question is: Would you dare drop to three work days?
Founders first. Teams next.
We’re starting with female founders and entrepreneurs because they have more say over how their week is built. Try the concept in your own business, learn what works, then explore whether it could work for your team too. Our hope is that founders help open that conversation, rather than leave it to employees to solve alone.
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WORK DAYS
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DAYS FOR LIFE
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DAYS WITH A PURPOSE
PUT INTO PRACTICE
One week. Every day has a purpose.
Our recommended layout spaces the work days out, with a house day and a rest day in between. Use it as a starting point and shape it around your life.
EXAMPLE WEEK
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Focus
Three focused work days. Productivity and motivation come when you're well rested and in control of your week.
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Clarity
Each day has a purpose. You always know what today is for, and what it isn't.
Balance
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We believe work life balance is possible. It all comes down to how you structure your week and what you think is possible.
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Plan your year onto one page.
Yes. It's possible.
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It's so thorough and concise, we want everyone to access this planning sheet for FREE.
Yearly Planning Sheet
Your whole year on one page.​​
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Because our dyslexic brains switch off at page two, we've designed your yearly planner onto one page.
Pages of plans and paragraphs of text get skipped, goals get forgotten, and suddenly a year has passed.
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One page for your year. Then it flows into your Rather Odd Week. Simple enough for anyone to stick to.
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PUT INTO PRACTICE
What each day is actually for.
Three Work Days
Productivity and motivation come when you’re well rested and in control of your own week. So we work three days, not five, and we make them count. Fewer days means sharper focus, fewer distractions and higher productivity.
House Day
The house and life admin won’t run themselves, and the list keeps getting longer.
One day to focus on all things house and admin means it stops leaking into your work days, evenings and on days you simply want to relax or spend with loved ones.
ESSENTIAL NOTEPADS FOR HOUSE DAY
If you are going to do only two things on house day, we would start with The Quickies List and the Weekly Meal Plan.
The Quickies List™
The 5-15 minute jobs you've dreaded for weeks.
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The thought is usually heavier than the task. Write it down, guess how long it'll take, do it, then note how long it really took. Most people find the job was quicker than the dread.
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✓ Space for 18 tasks, each with a tick box
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✓ “Proposed time” vs “Actual time”
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✓ A total to compare guess with reality
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✓ For house jobs and life admin only.
£9.99
The Weekly Meal Plan
Meals and the food shop, on one page.
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Planning your meals ahead lets you see whether you are getting enough nutrition from what you are actually eating, which is far harder to judge when you are winging it each evening at six o'clock.
Plan your weekly meals. Everything feeds straight into your shopping list, so you only write it once.
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✓ Breakfast, lunch, snacks and household boxes
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✓ Recipe book and page number columns
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✓ Delivery day and time​
£9.99
The Cleaning List
A short weekly clean, room by room.
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Most cleaning lists are so long that nobody finishes them. This one keeps the weekly clean short, with the deeper jobs on a separate monthly list so they don't weigh on you every week. Do it yourself on House Day, or hand it to your housekeeper.
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✓ Kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms, living space, hallway and car
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✓ Monthly list for the deeper jobs
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✓ Record your time option
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£9.99
Rest Day
We recommend a rest day in between work days. Two days of focus followed by a proper pause means you come back to your third work day sharper, not running on empty.
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Family Day
Quality time doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when it’s planned. One day kept for the people who matter, with something to look forward to, rather than whatever’s left over at the end of the week.
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The Odd Day
We get it: life is busy, even more so with a family and young children. So keep one day for whatever life needs. We do however like to sneak in any passion projects on this day!
When did work become your only hobby?
The moment work becomes the only thing you enjoy or do is the moment to ask whether you’ve lost touch with life, and with yourself.
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