A weekly planning session takes 15 minutes. Do it Sunday evening or Monday morning before anything else opens — the goal is to set the week before it sets itself.

Step 1: Review last week before planning this one

Open your Daily Report in the top right of the Focus Screen and look at last week's report. How many flow sessions did you have? What was your peak day? Did the week match what you planned? Five minutes here tells you what to adjust this week.

Step 2: Clear and triage your inbox

Open the Planning view with Shift P and go through every task in your inbox. For each one, decide: does this belong in this week, a future week, or nowhere? Move future tasks to a specific future date. Delete anything that no longer needs to happen. Break down any tasks that are too vague or too large to schedule as-is.

Step 3: Set three priorities for the week

Before you start blocking time, decide what the 3 most important outcomes are for this week. These are not necessarily the tasks with the closest deadlines — they are the things that, if done by Friday, would make the week a success. Mark them as high priority in Aftertone so they stay visible at the top of your inbox.

Step 4: Block time for your top three priorities first

In the Calendar view, drag each of your top 3 priorities onto a time slot before you schedule anything else. Put them in your best working hours. Once those blocks are in place, fill in the rest of the week around them.

Step 5: Leave 20 percent of your calendar empty

Do not block every hour. Leave at least 20 percent of your calendar empty — this is where meetings get added, tasks run over, and unexpected work lands. Anything scheduled to full capacity will fall apart by Tuesday.

👉 Try it now — Do this now if it is Sunday or Monday morning. If it is not, put a recurring 15-minute block in your calendar for Sunday evening and use it as your weekly planning anchor.