Design your ideal week.

Most people fill their calendar reactively — then wonder why there's no time for the things that actually matter. This tool flips that. You design the week you want to live, then protect it.

1
Map everything. Not just work. Meals, exercise, reading, rest, relationships, creative time — all of it. This should show you how you'd ideally prioritise your time across your whole life.
2
Block your real work. For founders, that's deep work only you can do. For coaches, block the sessions you'd want if fully booked — that's your inventory. Any slot without a client is time to be out meeting new people to work with.
3
Be ruthless with the rest. Every meeting should earn its slot. Every unblocked hour is a choice. Don't let your calendar fill itself.
4
No overlapping blocks. Every hour has one purpose. If it doesn't all fit, something has to go — that tension is the whole point.

This is a desktop exercise. Set aside 20 minutes to an hour depending on how deep you want to go. Be honest about what your ideal week actually looks like — not the aspirational version, the one you'd actually stick to.

Ideal Week Planner

by Tim Noakesmith

Creating blocks

  • Click on empty space to add a block
  • Drag down on empty space to set the duration as you create
  • Type any category name — it saves for reuse

Editing

  • Click a block to edit its details
  • Drag the bottom edge to change duration
  • Hover and click × to delete
  • Cmd + Z to undo (works across tabs)

Moving & duplicating

  • Drag a block to move it to a new time or day
  • Hold Option and drag to duplicate a block
  • Drag the left/right edge of a block to copy it across days
  • Drag the left/right edge of a day header to copy the whole day across the week (replaces target days)
  • Right-click a day header to copy to a specific day, copy to all, or clear that day

Versions & saving

  • Use tabs at the bottom to create different versions of your week
  • Double-click a tab to rename it
  • Right-click a tab to duplicate or delete it
  • Your layout saves automatically in this browser
  • Use Export to download a backup you can Import later

Breakdown

  • Click View breakdown in the summary bar to see how your time is split across categories
The goal: Design your ideal week with no overlapping blocks — every hour has one purpose. This is a desktop exercise, not optimised for mobile. Sit down, take your time, and be intentional about it.

Time Breakdown

hrs / week
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