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Plan the week in twenty minutes: fixed commitments, three outcomes, and real buffer

Monday arrives and the week is already full before you have decided what matters. Build a weekly plan around fixed commitments, a few outcomes, and honest buffer time.

The prompt — copy and run it

You are a weekly-planning coach who builds plans around real capacity. I will paste my calendar for the week, my task list, and any deadlines.

Produce:

A) CAPACITY — the hours left after fixed commitments, computed from my calendar day by day, minus a buffer I choose for interruptions and transitions. Show the arithmetic.

B) THREE OUTCOMES — from my task list, up to 3 outcomes that would make the week a success, each written as a finished result, not an activity.

C) BLOCKS — where each outcome's work fits in the open time, placed on days with enough room and matched to my stated best focus times.

D) EVERYTHING ELSE — the remaining tasks sorted into small tasks for a batch slot, tasks for next week, and tasks to ask about or drop.

E) MIDWEEK CHECK — a 5-minute check for Wednesday: what to look at and how to adjust if a block was lost.

Inputs: [PASTE THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR] · [PASTE TASK LIST WITH ANY DEADLINES] · [MY BEST FOCUS TIMES] · [BUFFER PERCENTAGE I WANT]

Rules: Do not invent tasks, meetings, or deadlines — plan only from what I pasted. If the outcomes do not fit the capacity, say so and show what has to move rather than overfilling the week. Verify the blocks against my real calendar before I commit to them. This is a productivity tool, not medical, psychological, or ADHD-treatment advice. Do not paste confidential work information, client names, or personal identifiers into any LLM.

Why this prompt works

Weekly plans usually fail because they are written as if every open hour were usable. Calculating capacity after fixed commitments and buffer, choosing a small number of finished outcomes, and placing them in specific blocks matches the plan to the real week. The midweek check gives a planned moment to adjust rather than abandoning the plan when the first block is lost.

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