I'm trying a new format this week called the Friday Wrap-up, where I tell you what's on my mind, and recommend some articles and videos. The hope here is to curate some more timely resources to help you think about your solopreneur systems, and how to work better so you can take more time off!

Here's the Wrap-Up for April 10, 2026.

On my mind

• Using AI to do all of the writing for you.
• Using Claude MAX

Recommended Reading

• Rethinking RSS, newsletters, and how I read every morning
• The 3 Question Test for Using AI Effectively

Recommended Media

• I Made a Network of Every Home Run in MLB History

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• (00:00) - Why I started this
• (01:12) - What's on my mind
• (08:20) - Recommended Reading
• (10:45) - Recommended Media
• (11:41) - Wrapping up

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health.

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

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I can’t imagine something more overwhelming than sitting down on Monday and having no idea what to work on, despite knowing you have a bunch of work to do. But that’s how many solopreneurs start their week.

Even worse, when you don’t know what to do, it’s easier for other people to hijack your time, you waste time by deciding in the moment, and it’s hard to measure success.

I’ve spent years refining a system that takes just 20 to 25 minutes every Sunday, but saves me hours of "buffer time" and decision fatigue during the week. By the time I walk into my office on Monday morning, I already know exactly which three tasks I need to accomplish.

Today I’m going to share that system with you.

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Show Notes

• The Sidekick Notepad
• The Plus/Minus/Next Approach

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health.

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/

Most task managers only tell you half the story. They show you what you checked off, but they have no idea that you moved that one task four days in a row, or that you cleared three things on Tuesday because you felt guilty, not because they were actually done.

I've used pretty much every task manager out there; Todoist is my favorite and I still use it every day. But a while back I realized it couldn't tell me how I was actually working. That's where task journaling came in.

The system I use is simple: pick three tasks (and only three) for the day, check in with yourself at midday, and do a quick honest assessment at the end. What worked, what didn't, and — more importantly — why. Do that for two weeks and you'll start to see real patterns in your solopreneur productivity. Not what you wish were true, but what's actually true.

That kind of self-knowledge is what makes solopreneur systems actually stick. Because you can't automate your business or protect your time if you don't understand how you spend it in the first place.

Need some help? Try the Daily Three Task Journal app (currently in beta on TestFlight) or grab the free Notion template at streamlined.fm/app. And if you already use some form of task journaling, I'd love to hear about it — head over to streamlinedfeedback.com and let me know.

Show Notes

• Todoist
• At Your Best by Carey Nieuwhof

• (00:00) - What Is Task Journaling?
• (03:44) - The Daily 3 Task Journal System
• (06:17) - Understanding Your Green Zone and Red Zone
• (10:22) - How I Built an iOS App for This Method
• (12:35) - Where to Find the App and Notion Template

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Streamlined Solopreneur is the podcast for solopreneurs who want to automate their business and take time off worry-free. Each week, Joe Casabona shares practical systems, tools, and strategies to help you reclaim your time and run your business without sacrificing your the rest of your life, or your health.

Start with the free Solopreneur Sweep — a step-by-step method for finding where your business is losing time: https://streamlined.fm/sweep

If this episode helped you, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts helps other solopreneurs find the show — it only takes a minute and means a lot.

Connect with Joe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcasabona/