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!)


(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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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 🙂