Project template
Weekly planner template: three goals and a short list for each day
Plan the week on Sunday, keep each day's list to a few tasks, and move what slips to the day it fits.
- 7 sections
- 15 tasks
- Opens as a list
- Dated from day 1
Weekly planner
Days count from the day you start. In the app, pick a start or a finish date and each task lands on a real day.
This week's goals
- Example: finish the quarterly reportDay 5High
- Example: three runs before SundayDay 7High
- Example: sort out the flat insuranceDay 4High
Monday
- Example: outline the reportDay 1, 9:00
- Example: run, 30 minutesDay 1, 18:30
Tuesday
- Example: team meetingDay 2, 10:00
- Example: get three insurance quotesDay 2, 13:00
Wednesday
- Example: write the report's first draftDay 3, 9:00
- Example: run, 30 minutesDay 3, 18:30
Thursday
- Example: pick the insurance and payDay 4, 12:30
- Example: dinner with AlexDay 4, 19:00
Friday
- Example: send the reportDay 5, 11:00
- Look back: what got done, and what moves to next weekDay 5, 17:00
Weekend
- Example: long runDay 6, 8:00
- Example: food shop for the weekDay 7, 10:00
What's in it
A weekly planner gives each day its own short list, so Monday's work does not sit on Thursday's page. The week's three goals go at the top, each with the day it has to be done by.
- This week's goals
- Three things that make the week count, each dated to the day it is due.
- Monday to Friday
- A short list under each day, with the fixed times put in first.
- Weekend
- What is left for Saturday and Sunday, like the long run and the food shop.
- Friday look back
- Fifteen minutes on what got done and what moves to next week.
Tips from the template
- Fill it in on Sunday evening or first thing on Monday.
- Put the fixed times in first, then two or three tasks a day, not ten.
- Pair it with Sunday planning, which brings the planning itself back every week.
How to use it in Palby Planner
- 1Open Tasks and choose Templates.
- 2Find Weekly planner and open it. You see every section and task before anything is added.
- 3Pick the day you start, or the day it has to be done by. Every date moves with it.
- 4Press Use template. Rename the project, then work down the list.
Other ways to plan the week
Forty minutes on Sunday that set the week: calendar, three outcomes, the first task of Monday.
2 sections, 10 tasksThe Getting Things Done weekly review as one repeating task: get clear, get current, look ahead.
15 tasksPlan tomorrow as blocks of time with a start and a length, so every task has a place on the clock.
3 sections, 9 tasksPlan the week's meals on Friday, shop on Saturday and batch-cook on Sunday so weeknights need no thinking.
3 sections, 20 tasksThree workouts, a long walk or run and a rest day each week, with a monthly check on whether it is working.
3 sections, 16 tasksOne goal as a dated plan: the goal with a number and a date, why it matters, three milestones, this week's steps and a Sunday check-in.
4 sections, 10 tasks
Questions
The week's goals, a short list for each day, the fixed times like meetings and appointments, and a moment at the end of the week to look back. This template has all four, and each day's tasks carry that day's date.
On Sunday evening or first thing on Monday. Fifteen minutes is enough: check the calendar, pick three goals, then give each day two or three tasks.
Move what slipped to a day it fits, rather than starting again. In the planner that's a new date on the task, and the rest of the week stays as it was. Short days are what stop the slide.
Yes. The examples mix both: a report and a team meeting beside runs, a dinner and the food shop. Give tasks a work or home label if you want to see one at a time.
Yes. Print prints only the template, and Copy puts it on your clipboard as a checklist. Neither needs an account.
Plan it once, see it every day.
Book a walkthrough to see a week planned in the planner.