Guide
A weekly planning checklist for realistic commitments.
Use this checklist before the week starts so priorities, calendar limits, recurring work, and review prompts are all visible before you commit.
Choose priorities
Pick the outcomes that deserve space before the week fills with reactive work.
Check capacity
Count fixed commitments, meetings, routines, and available focus time.
Review the result
Close the week with what moved, what slipped, and what changes next.
Checklist
Run this before the week starts.
The goal is to catch overload before it becomes missed work. A useful checklist should make tradeoffs visible while there is still time to change the plan.
- Name the top three outcomes for the week.
- Add meetings, deadlines, travel, and fixed commitments first.
- Block the most important work before adding lower-priority tasks.
- Check recurring routines and maintenance work.
- Leave buffer for spillover and recovery.
Cavatim workflow
Use the checklist inside the same planner you execute from.
Cavatim keeps the checklist close to the live weekly plan so the review does not become a separate document that gets ignored.
- Use goals to decide what matters this week.
- Use calendar context to check what fits.
- Use reflections to improve the next checklist pass.
FAQ
Common questions
How many priorities should a weekly plan have?
A practical week usually needs a small number of clear priorities. If everything is marked essential, the checklist should force a tradeoff.
Should recurring tasks be in the checklist?
Yes. Recurring routines consume real capacity and should be counted before the week is considered realistic.
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