{"id":180,"date":"2020-02-13T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=180"},"modified":"2021-03-12T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:58:51","slug":"weekly-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisabruton.com.au\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"How I Plan My Week in 15 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Planning in business is one of those tasks that is overlooked because it\u2019s so easy to not prioritise it. <\/p>\n

Once I started dedicating 15minutes at the start of each week to plan out my week, I began to feel on top of the business overwhelm. <\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t anything fancy, it\u2019s just a simple practical method I use each week to plan ahead. I do this every Sunday night [or first thing Monday morning]<\/p>\n

Step 1: Determine my weekly focus <\/strong><\/h3>\n

I choose just one thing to focus on to ensure I am moving my business forward. This could be as simple as fixing up a freebie, or smoothing out your on-boarding process or uploading email templates into your gmail account, or it can be as large as a launch week. With my weekly focus, I also try to make sure it is measured and realistic, for example, \u2018create a new opt-in and have 1 person signed up to it\u2019, while this isn\u2019t a big goal as far as sign ups, it will ensure I have created the freebie and promoted it at least once, and then another week I can focus more highly on the amount of people signing up. <\/p>\n

Step 2: Look at any important dates <\/strong><\/h3>\n

For example a birthday or a travel date or something, as this will determine the time I have to designate time slots to the tasks I need to complete for the week<\/p>\n

Step 3: Detail my batch days<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I already have my batch days sorted and detailed in my google calendar, so this step is more of a checking process and rescheduling if needed.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example of what that looks like for my content and marketing batch day<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Step 4: Ensure it\u2019s not overwhelming<\/strong><\/h3>\n

A key to productivity in my opinion is having whitespace. I ensure that I have all my batch day tasks sorted and have assigned misc tasks to certain days of the week<\/p>\n

Step 5: Have a vague outline on my google calendar and paper version<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I have only recently been using google calendar and I am LOVING it, in this step I check that my google calendar is aligned, ready to go and then I outline a rough copy onto paper as this helps get it into my head<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a brief overview of what my week looks like in google calendar after planning it:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Want to learn more about how to create a productive schedule? Click here to grab my free schedule roadmap<\/a><\/p>\n

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