Right now, as you're listening to this episode, we are smack in the middle of something

kind of special. It's called the 13th week. And if you've never heard of it before,

by the end of this episode, you're going to want to make it a permanent part of how you live your life.

You're listening to Work and Play with Nancy Ray, episode 310.

Much of our daily lives can be divided into two categories, work and play.

Simply put, that's where our life and our legacy take place.

This is a podcast all about learning to work and play well, which leads to a healthy soul and a fulfilling life.

Let's dive in.

Okay, I love that this episode is landing when it is because it's not an accident. It's the last week of March.

Q1 is wrapping up. Q2 is right around the corner. And if you follow any kind of 12-week planning rhythm, you know exactly what that

means. We are in the 13th week. Now, maybe you've read the book, The 12-week year by Brian

Moran and Michael Lenington. I've talked about it here on the podcast.

If you do a quick Google search for Nancy Ray 12 week year, the podcast episode will come back

where I did like a full review of their book. If you're interested to go back and listen to that,

I'll also leave a link for it in the show notes. But everything that they've said in the book

has really shaped how I think about planning my time.

And if you haven't read it, don't worry. Today I'm going to try to give you an overview of

what the book says and especially focus on the 13th week because I think that concept is the most

underrated idea in the whole book. I love it. So in the 12 week

year, they encourage you, instead of planning for like your whole year, just plan 12 weeks at a time

and make those 12 weeks like the most productive that you can. And there's so many benefits to

doing that. But one of the benefits is that you get a 13th week.

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