Plan one week at a time
Do you download a productivity app, add a long list of tasks on the first day, fail to finish them, and then stop using the app?
Do you like making long-term plans, such as annual goals, but never take the first step toward carrying them out?
Fifty-two weekly plans can help you make this a year of real change.
A weekly plan keeps your attention on the present while giving you more flexibility than a daily plan. It is a practical way to make steady progress.
Don't overestimate what you can do in a day or underestimate what you can do in a week. Start with Elisi's weekly planner.
Week view
Elisi displays your schedule by week by default. A week gives you enough room to arrange and adjust tasks without making the plan feel too broad. Your tools should help you stay in control of your life and plan work around it, rather than organizing your life around work.
- Use the control in the upper-left corner to switch weeks.
- Select Today in the upper-right corner to return to the current day.
- Quickly add a task, then drag it to reschedule it.
- Add subtasks and reminders, make a task recurring, or assign it to a goal or list.
- From Friday through Monday, Elisi can offer to move upcoming overdue tasks to today or another day you choose.
Recurring tasks
What is a recurring task? How is it different from a habit?
A recurring task is created on a fixed schedule, such as every day, week, month, or year.
For example, a 20-minute HIIT session scheduled once a week can remind you to exercise at the same time each week.
- Recurring tasks cannot be dragged to a different time because their schedule is fixed when they are created.
- A recurring task cannot be changed back into a one-time task. Delete it and create a new task instead.
Ways to use recurring tasks
- Review regularly: Schedule weekly, monthly, or quarterly reviews.
- Remember routine maintenance: Schedule reminders for regular upkeep, such as replacing a water filter or toothbrush or servicing a car.
- Use them alongside habits: Recurring tasks cover a wider range of schedules than habits. Habits offer more flexible check-in days and counts, but repeat on a weekly cycle.
Calendar events
Calendar import for the new version is planned to launch by the end of the year.
Events synced from the previous version cannot be edited or marked complete because they came from your calendar. They complete automatically when their scheduled time passes.
If an event is missing, open your calendar settings and select Sync calendar data.