A long-time remote worker, career growth enthusiast, and personal systems fan, I juggle working full time as Buffer's Head of Communications and Content, running a podcast about creating purposeful workflows called MakeWorkWork, and I write and update what I learn on my website and newsletter.
Weekly Planning: The Key to a More Calm and Productive Week
Happy Monday 🌞 This week I’m coming off of three days in person in Boulder for Buffer’s Marketing leadership onsite. As a fully remote team, having that in-person time is always extremely valuable. If you have more questions about that, please reply with them, and I might share a bit more in a future newsletter or article. If you’ve ever had an intense week where all of your routines are changed because you’re traveling, you’ll understand the value of a reset and just getting everything feeling really good at work and home. That was my desire yesterday — my focus was on making sure we had groceries, cleaning the house, and spending time planning for the week ahead. Some people say this planning for the week should happen on Monday when you’re back at work, but Sundays just work better for me. I don’t want to spend Mondays easing into the week and deciding what I’ll work on; I want to be ready to hit the ground running. So here’s what I do on Sundays to plan for the week ahead:
This check-in usually takes me about 20 minutes in total, and it is such a grounding way to start a new week. → Here’s step-by-step how I do weekly planning I hope you have a lovely week ahead. As always, feel free to reply if this sparks any thoughts or questions. See you next week, Hailley P.S.: Head over to my Instagram for a few photos from Boulder this week.
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Hailley Griffis
A long-time remote worker, career growth enthusiast, and personal systems fan, I juggle working full time as Buffer's Head of Communications and Content, running a podcast about creating purposeful workflows called MakeWorkWork, and I write and update what I learn on my website and newsletter.
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