The 15-Minute Sunday Planning Tool
A free four-stage Sunday planning tool: brain dump, fixed commitments, three priorities, one per day — then print the week plan. No account, nothing uploaded.
Stage 1 — empty your head
- 1Brain dump
- 2Fixed commitments
- 3The big three
- 4One per day
Everything on your mind, one per line, in no order. Do not filter it — filtering is stage three.
The things already decided: shifts, classes, appointments, other people's plans. These go in first because they are already true.
Pick exactly three things from your brain dump that would make this a good week. Not thirty — the other items still exist, they just are not the point of the week.
Give each priority a day. A priority without a day is a wish.
Work through the four stages above. Your week plan builds as you go and appears here, ready to print.
Runs entirely in your browser. Your notes are saved only on this device (localStorage) — never uploaded.
Why the tool works this way
The stages are not decoration. Each one removes a decision that otherwise gets made badly on Monday morning.
- Dump before you choose. Choosing while you are still remembering produces a list of whatever surfaced last.
- Fixed things first. Planning around commitments you have already made is the difference between a plan and a wish list.
- Three, hard limit. The tool refuses a fourth. This is the only opinionated constraint here, and it is the one that matters.
- A day each. A priority with no day is not scheduled, it is hoped for.
Fifteen minutes is a target, not a rule. The timer is optional and nothing depends on it.
How this is calculated
0-3 min empty your head onto the page3-6 min put the fixed things where they already are6-10 min choose three outcomes that would make the week count10-15 min give each of the three a specific day
What it assumes
- Three priorities, not five. Four reliably becomes zero, which is why the tool only accepts three.
- This plans outcomes, not hours. It deliberately does not schedule your whole day.
- The fixed commitments come first because they are already true; everything else is arranged around them.
- Nothing is sent anywhere. The plan lives in this browser until you print it or clear it.
Worked example
In: a head full of loose tasks, two fixed appointments, and a vague sense that the week matters
Out: a one-page plan: a weekly intention, three named priorities, one assigned to each of three days, with the fixed commitments already in place
If a result here disagrees with your own arithmetic, that is worth reporting — tell me and include your numbers.