How to plan a week
A plan that lists fifteen things is not a plan. The useful output of a weekly session is three or four outcomes, the time to do them, and a clear view of what will not fit.
What matters here
- Clear the list before you plan from it
- Choose three outcomes, not fifteen tasks
- Put the outcomes where the time exists
- Name what you are deliberately not doing
- Leave Friday lighter for the week's overrun
Step one: clear
Delete or shrink anything older than a month that you are not going to do. This takes ten minutes and is the difference between planning and scrolling. Old items pull attention toward the past.
Step two: choose
Pick three things that would make the week worthwhile. Not three tasks, three outcomes, each of which might be two or three tasks. Fewer is better; two done beats five started.
Step three: place
Look at the week's actual calendar and put the outcomes where there is time. If there is no time, you have learned something before the week starts rather than on Thursday night.
Frequently asked questions
Keep reading
- How to build a habit without an appYou can build a habit with a calendar, a pen and a fixed trigger. Apps add reminders, and reminders are the least important part.
- How to run a content calendarA content calendar runs on status, not dates. Ideas move through stages, and the calendar only shows when things publish.
- What is an app?An app is a program that does one job for you, usually through a window, a browser tab or a phone screen.
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