Best Laid Plans

Ep #294: Let’s Plan the Week Together!

March 16, 2026

In today’s episode, I plan the week on-air! Well, it’s a bit of a reenactment (mostly because I needed a quiet house to record), but I do go through all the steps and there are visual aids – see below!

Steps in my weekly planning process:

  • Looking back – reflection & review (including migration/review of any prior undone tasks, plus a look at the monthly list)
  • Looking ahead – upcoming calendar integration
  • Look around – ensure inboxes are up to date enough & check sneaky sources
  • Look within – mood and energy assessment
  • Generate weekly task list and record
  • Add weekly ops that feel necessary (plus: FUN AUDIT)
  • Remember the upcoming weekend – think it through
  • Plan for communication

Visuals (though I think I actually added 2 tasks after I took this pic!)

one thing this week DIDN’T have a lot of — tasks assigned to a specific time slot or day. Other weeks tend to have more! Just the nature of this particular week.
THE BOARD. Analog reference dashboard in our hallway – works for us!
(Plus everyone with a phone gets a photo of it sent via text)

Episode mentioned where I cleared my email on air: here.

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1 Comment

  • Reply Chelsea March 16, 2026 at 6:05 am

    For some reason, my eye caught on the airboat ride field trip, and it made me think that next year you and Laura need to add that to your agenda if she’s never been on one 🙂

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