Coaching practices for Weekly Planning System
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I only bother to plan on the calm days, which means I skip it exactly on the chaotic ones when I need it most
- Another week just vanished and the few things I actually meant to do never happened
- My whole week is just a pile of work tasks, and the parts of me that matter
- Every Monday I open a calendar that other people have already filled, and I just react to it all week
- My lists have gone stale and I’ve stopped trusting them, so I’m back to carrying everything in my head and dreading Monday
Practices that may help
- Make the evening list a non-negotiable daily ritual
The method only works consistently when the evening planning step is a fixed daily habit, not an occasional practice.
The Ivy Lee Method, Made Practical - Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
Big Rocks First - Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
Big Rocks First - Create an ideal week template
Design a blank-canvas week that shows where each type of activity should live, before any specific week's demands arrive.
Ideal Week Design - Do a brief weekly review and planning session
Each week, review what happened, clear the decks, and commit to next week’s MITs.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical - Separate the planning session from the execution day
Do your planning in a dedicated session, never on the day you intend to start.
The Planning Fallacy — Why Your Estimates Are Always Wrong - Do a weekly review every Friday afternoon
Review last week's time log and set next week's priorities while context is fresh.
The Time Audit - Weekly planning
Set the week’s priorities and rough blocks before the week starts.
Time Blocking, Made Practical - Capture future commitments in a future log
A two-page spread listing future months gives you a holding pen for anything that doesn’t belong in the current week.
The Bullet Journal Method, Made Practical - Start each day with a daily log
A fresh daily page that lists only what you intend for today creates focus without the overhead of a complex to-do app.
The Bullet Journal Method, Made Practical
Related concerns
- Daily Planning Routine
The method only works consistently when the evening planning step is a fixed daily habit, not an occasional practice.
Make the evening list a non-negotiable daily ritual
- Monday Planning System
On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
Identify and schedule big rocks at the start of each week
- Sunday Planning Routine
On Monday morning (or Sunday evening), name three "big rocks" and block calendar time for each before anything else.
- Weekly Planning
Before listing tasks, list your key roles this week and name one meaningful goal for each.
Plan from roles and goals, not from tasks
- Weekly Planning Routine
The method only works consistently when the evening planning step is a fixed daily habit, not an occasional practice.
- Weekly Planning Template
Design a blank-canvas week that shows where each type of activity should live, before any specific week's demands arrive.
Create an ideal week template
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