How to plan your week. The guide to planning.

Your ultimate guide to planning that perfect week ahead!

So you want to start planning your weeks beforehand, but you don't know where to begin.

I will have a blog post on how to plan your month coming soon.

I would read that first. This blog post will tell you everything you will ever need to know about planning on a weekly basis, and explain why it is important in the first place!!

Let me start by explaining why planning your week is important.

-Firstly, it gives you an overall picture of what your week is going to look like. That way you can have the right expectations.

-Secondly, it can be a really fun and relaxing activity, to sit on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and just go through what you would like to accomplish in the week to come.

And thirdly, planning your week will make you a lot more productive for the following reasons:

1. You won't forget what you wanted to do (like I used to all the time!)

2. You will have a newfound joy in accomplishing tasks.

3. You will focus on your goals more, because you want to get them done.

4. Your thoughts and goals will be organised, therefore you will be able to focus on one thing at a time and get it done.

So, is that enough reason for you to want to start planning your week? Lets go!

Easily find a section of this post.

#1: Where to begin

#2: What you need to fix or change.

#3: Finding your own style and routine.

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#1: Where to begin.

So you decided we want to plan the upcomming week. You already know how to get an overall picture of your monthly plan (that blog post is coming soon), but you want to go into more detail and plan weekly. Great.But where do you start?How do you get your ideas, goals, appointments and plans organised?

Before you can begin planning anything, you need to start organising your thoughts, and ideas. So go get some paper, or a notepad or something, and use that to jot down all your ideas. All of the things you want to do this week or all the tasks and chores that you keeps on forgetting. EVERYTHING!!

Now that you have all your thoughts, and things that you have been trying to remember are on paper, you can start organising them. Think about what you should prioritise. What you HAVE to do this week. Then put them in a separate list.

Now we go through that list and repeat the process, asking yourself "what should we prioritise?"

For example, you might have written that you must pick up a parcel, but you also have to hand in an assignment. What would you consider more important? Put that thing early in the week, and schedule it for the morning when your brain is fresh and bright. Go on and schedule all your tasks like that based on how important and urgent they are.

Now that you have all the things you HAVE to do neatly planned, you can start planning the things you don't really have to do, but that you would like to get done. Maybe like organising your wardrobe. My tips for scheduling things like these is:

Put them after the things you must do!

Otherwise you will have all the kind of sideline tasks done, but your main assignment for the week is still waiting!

Now that the writing part is done, you can decorate that day's page. I like to do this by using some of my planning stickers, or some of my scrapbooking and journaling downloadables that I will soon be adding to the shop. I especially like to cut them in half, and make them look like they are behind some of the words.

You can check them out here>

Browse planning stickers

#2: What you need to fix or change.

You probably are like most people, in that you tried planning before, but it didn't quite last. You're not alone! Before I started planning continually, my schedule was a mess, and I don't even know if it helped having one at that point. But after planning consistently for a while, I discovered some things that I have been doing wrong or could fix (and you might be doing them too), and I would like to share them with you.

1. Writing too much.

When you just start planning, stuffing your days and weeks full of chores and tasks seems like a good idea. I mean, we want to get more productive right?

Well, let me tell you, planning too much for one day or one week will leave you feeling UNPRODUCTIVE and hopeless. Because let's face it. You won't get everything done, especially not if you planned everything for one week.

Yes there might be things you just want to get done, but maybe they have to wait for next week, because you can only do so much. If you plan everything for one week, you will find yourself not completing tasks, and then you will be focusing on what you haven't accomplished this week, instead of what you have!

2. Not writing down ALL the things I want to get done that week.

This is definitely one of the biggest tips I can give you. Write down your WEEKLY goals, and then organise them into daily goals. This way, you can look back at the end of the week and be like "Wow I did all I wanted to do!"

Not doing this on the other hand will make you forget what you wanted to do, and then when you have spare time you'll be like"uh, I can go on instagram reels, I anyway don't have much to do"

NO! YOU JUST FORGOT! Go look at your list and focus on ticking one of them off!

#3: Finding your own style and routine.

You're finally done. You did it! You planned what you would consider the perfect week ahead. But don't stop there. The most important thing now is that you keep going.YOu should establish your own routine and comfortable pace at which to plan work.

If you live in a family that plans almost everything, then planning to the utmost detail might work for you. If you don't (like myself:) then you will have to learn how to adapt, and change the plan. I will write a blog post on that soon.

Most importantly, don't just take my word for it. Try your own methods and styles as well and see what works best for you!

I hope you found this helpful. If you did, feel free to comment what exactly you found interesting and of aid. If you'd like you can check out my shop, where I sell stickers that you can use to plan that perfect week ahead. Or you can just buy one of my weekly planners straight up!

And remember

Neetli

Helping you to a #neater lifestyle!