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Plan my week around energy, not just time

Give Claude your tasks, your fixed appointments and when you actually have energy, and get a week plan that puts hard work where you can do it.

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The prompt

Help me plan next week. I want the important work to land when I'm actually able to do it, not just wherever there's a gap.

Fixed things I can't move: [MEETINGS, SCHOOL RUNS, DEADLINES, WITH DAYS AND TIMES]
Tasks I need to get done, roughly in order of importance: [LIST THEM, WITH A TIME ESTIMATE IF YOU HAVE ONE]
When I do my best focused work: [e.g. mornings before 11, or late evenings]
When I'm useless: [e.g. right after lunch, Friday afternoons]
Other constraints: [e.g. no work after 6pm, gym three times a week]

What I'd like back:
- A day by day plan, morning and afternoon, with the fixed things in place and the tasks placed around them.
- Deep work in my good hours. Admin, email and easy tasks in the bad ones.
- Nothing longer than 90 minutes without a break, and at least one slot per day that's deliberately empty.
- If everything doesn't fit, tell me what to drop or move to the following week, rather than squeezing it in.
- One sentence per day on what a successful day looks like.
  • planning
  • focus
  • habits

What it generates

Example

Everything fits except the conference talk outline, which I've pushed to the following week (see the note at the end).

Monday

Morning (your best hours) 8:30 to 10:00 write the Q4 proposal draft. 10:15 to 11:00 keep going, or stop if it's flowing and finish it.
Afternoon 13:00 standup. 14:00 to 15:00 expenses and inbox. 15:00 empty. 16:00 to 17:00 review Sam's pull request.
A good Monday: the proposal draft exists, even if it's rough.

Tuesday

Morning 8:30 to 10:00 proposal, second pass. 10:00 to 11:00 gym (you said three times a week, and Tuesday morning is free).
Afternoon 13:00 to 14:30 customer call prep, then the call at 15:00. 16:00 empty.
A good Tuesday: the customer call happens and you weren't preparing for it in a panic.

Wednesday

Morning 8:30 to 10:00 the data migration script, the hardest task left. 10:15 to 11:00 continue.
Afternoon 13:00 to 14:00 inbox. 14:00 to 15:00 school run and back. 15:00 to 16:30 finish the migration script or write down where you stopped.
A good Wednesday: the migration script runs against test data.

Thursday

Morning 8:30 to 10:00 gym, then 10:15 to 11:30 proposal, final read and send.
Afternoon 13:00 to 14:30 team planning meeting. 15:00 empty. 16:00 to 17:00 one-to-ones.
A good Thursday: the proposal is sent.

Friday

Morning 8:30 to 10:00 gym. 10:15 to 11:30 tidy up the migration script and open the pull request.
Afternoon You said Friday afternoons are dead time, so: inbox to zero, timesheet, and a 20 minute note on next week. Nothing else.
A good Friday: you leave at 5 with nothing hanging over the weekend.

What didn't fit

The conference talk outline (2 hours of real thinking). Your good hours are full with the proposal and the migration. Rather than doing it badly on Friday afternoon, I'd put it first thing Monday next week.

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Who this is for

Anyone whose week fills up with meetings and then wonders where the real work went. It works especially well if you know your own rhythm and keep ignoring it.

Be honest in the inputs

The "when I'm useless" line is the one most people skip, and it's the one that makes the plan work. Put in the real times. If you estimate tasks, estimate generously, because the plan will only be as realistic as the numbers you give it. The "what to drop" rule is there so you get a plan you can actually follow, not a wish list.

Use it as a draft

Nobody follows a plan to the minute. The value is in the placement: hard things in good hours, admin in bad ones, some empty space so a surprise doesn't wreck the day. Adjust it on Sunday night, then stop editing and go to bed.

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