Weekly Planner | Notion

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Your ideal week in one-hour blocks. Protect Planning and Deep work first, then fit the rest around them. Copy the blocks into your calendar as recurring events.

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	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri
08:00	Planning	Messages	Messages	Messages	Messages
09:00	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work
10:00	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work
11:00	Meetings	Deep work	Meetings	Deep work	Deep work
12:00	Messages	Messages	Messages	Messages	Messages
13:00	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
14:00	Admin	Meetings	Admin	Meetings	Admin
15:00	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Planning
16:00	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Deep work	Messages
17:00	Messages	Messages	Messages	Messages	Buffer

Block types

Planning — weekly review, next week’s priorities
Deep work — focused, notifications off, 90 min max
Meetings — grouped, with an agenda
Messages — email and chat in fixed windows
Admin — invoices, bookings, small tasks
Break — real time away from the screen

Rules that work

Friday: 30 minutes to plan next week
Deep work in the morning
Email and chat in 2–3 fixed windows a day
Short pause between blocks
Keep ~20% of the week unscheduled