Exercise: creating a weekly plan

Many people say they are good at making up plans and schedules, but things still don’t seem to get done – there’s too much to do, they can’t get started, or there’s a hitch somewhere. When you learn how to prepare a realistic weekly plan, then making the plan is more than half the battle!

Take out all your Group A post-its and stack them together. Which of them needs your attention and action during the next week (7 days)? 

Open the attached weekly plan for three weeks. You can choose either:

Write each weekly goal in its own slot (the GOALS column on the left) and tasks related to each goal on the right (the TASKS column). Then think about what will be most important thing on each of the next 7 days and write these down under the MAIN TASKS OF THE DAY heading). Remember that rest may also sometimes be the main task of the day! After this, schedule your week. First add the compulsory events that take place at a definite time (such as lectures) and after that schedule your independent study time.

You can use the following partially completed example as a model:

 

WEEKLY PLAN

 

MON

 

TUE

 

WED

 

THU

 

FRI

 

SAT

 

SUN

WEEK:

GOALS

TASKS

MAIN TASKS OF THE DAY

 

 Course A

 

 Read the material and comment

 Deadline for article

 Lectures and Homework for lab

 Lab session

 Read the course material

 Exam

 Work

 Family time

 Lectures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Lab

 

 Homework

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Attend lab session

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

8

8

8

8

8

8

 

 

 

 

9  Article

9 Lecture

9

9

9

9

9

 

10 Article

10 Lecture

10

10

10

10

10

 

11 Article

11 LUNCH

11

11

11

11

11

 

 

 

 

12 LUNCH

12 Homework

12

12

12

12

12

 

13 Lecture

13 Homework

13

13

13

13

13

 

14 Lecture

14 Homework

14

14

14

14

14

 

 

 

 

15 Article

15 Lecture

15

15

15

15

15

 

16 Article

16 Lecture

16

16

16

16

16

 

17 Article

17

17

17

17

17

17

 

 

 

 

18 Home

18

18

18

18

18

18

 

Evening

Gym

Evening

Evening

Evening

Evening

Evening

Evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When you have made your schedule, try to follow it for the next week (week 1).


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