Weekly planner
Time block all seven days and build an ideal week: the default shape you plan every real week from. Tap a day to edit it; send any day to today's planner.
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How to plan an ideal week
- Fixed commitments first: classes, standing meetings, childcare, the gym class you never miss.
- Deep work on your best days. Two to four long blocks a week for the goal that matters most.
- Theme days if they help. Meetings on Monday and Thursday, focus on Tuesday and Wednesday, admin on Friday afternoon.
- A weekly review. Thirty minutes on Friday or Sunday to look back and set next week's blocks. David Allen's Getting Things Done treats the weekly review as the habit that keeps everything else working.
- Protected rest. Block the evenings and weekend time you want to keep, too.
Why seven days at all? The week is often traced back to ancient sky-watchers counting the Moon's quarters, roughly a week apiece; ahaboo has a narrated, interactive walk-through of why the Moon moves through those phases.
Each morning, send that weekday to the day planner and adjust it to what actually happens. For the day-level method, read the time blocking guide.
Questions people ask
What is an ideal week?
An ideal week is a template of how you would like a typical week to run: which days hold deep work, when meetings happen, when you exercise and when you rest. You won't match it every week, but it gives each new week a default shape to plan from.
Is this weekly planner free and online?
Yes. It runs in your browser with no signup. Your week is saved on this device only. You can copy any day of your ideal week into the day planner in one click.
How do I time block a week?
Start with the fixed commitments, then give each weekday one or two deep-work blocks for your main goals, theme days if that suits you (for example meetings on Monday and Thursday), and reserve a short weekly review on Friday or Sunday to plan the next week.