How to plan next week in advance (and see it on one calendar)

Set aside 15 minutes before the week starts: look at how last week went, put the fixed appointments in first, then fit your habits around them. With Premium, EasyRoutine already shows your scheduled activities on next week's days, so you only add what is new and move what clashes.

Why plan the week, not just the day

Planning day by day works until something big lands on a Wednesday. By then, the gym session, the laundry and the grocery run all compete for the same evening. Looking a week ahead lets you see the clashes while there is still room to move things: train on Tuesday instead, shop on Saturday, prepare meals on Sunday for the long days.

A weekly plan also makes habits easier to keep, because each one has a day you chose on purpose rather than "sometime this week".

A 15-minute weekly planning routine

Pick a fixed moment, such as Sunday afternoon or Friday after work, and go through the same steps each time:

Look back. Which planned things did not happen last week, and why? Too many on one day, the wrong time, or a plan you no longer want?
Place the fixed dates. Appointments, deadlines, a dentist visit, a parcel to return, a child's school trip. These do not move, so they go in first.
Check the repeating habits. Gym, cleaning, meal prep, watering the plants. Do they still fit next week, or does one need another day this time?
Leave a buffer. Keep one evening light. Weeks rarely go exactly to plan.
Prepare one thing now. Pack the gym bag or write the shopping list, so Monday starts on track.

If you share a household, do step 2 together: most clashes are someone else's appointment.

See next week in EasyRoutine (Premium)

Every scheduled activity appears by itself on future days of the calendar, from its weekly times and single dates: as a faded entry in the Week and Day views, and as a hollow ring in the Month view. Open the Week view and move ahead one week: the gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, meal prep on Sunday and anything you planned on a single date are already there. Nothing needs to be copied over from last week.

Planning ahead is part of Premium, along with reminders. Logging and the calendar for today and past days are free; on the free plan, tapping a future day opens the Premium screen. Details on the scheduling page.

EasyRoutine week view of the Week ahead routine with faded planned entries on the coming days: Gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, Laundry on Wednesday, Groceries on Saturday, Meal prep on Sunday and a single Dentist date — Next week, already drawn from the plan

Add or move things on a future day

To put something new onto a day next week, open that day in the Day view and tap Plan. Pick the activity, and its schedule opens with a single-date plan for that day already filled in. Add a time and, if you want, a reminder, then save. A dentist visit, a one-off deep clean or an extra run all work this way. Each activity can hold up to 20 single dates; more on that in one-time tasks.

To change a planned entry for next week, tap its faded entry on the future day. Its schedule opens, where you can adjust a single date or the weekly time. A change to a weekly time applies to every week, not only next week; to shift one week only, plan that week's session as a single date on the new day. The weekly entry still shows on its usual day that week, its reminder still rings, and it will look missed unless you log it. For a one-off move you can simply leave that gap; to remove it, give the weekly time an Until date just before that day and add the same time again with a From date just after it.

EasyRoutine Plan tab for the Week ahead routine: Gym on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 18:00, Laundry on Wednesday at 19:00, Groceries on Saturday at 10:00, Meal prep on Sunday at 17:00 and Dentist on a single date at 08:30 — Weekly times and one single date

During the week

Each faded entry turns into a full-color one when you log it, so by Friday the week view shows what you planned and what you did in one place. Use that view in next week's look-back: the same faded gaps several weeks running mean the plan needs changing, see schedule doesn't match reality.

Common questions

Can I see next week's activities before the week starts?

Yes, with Premium. Scheduled activities show on future days of the calendar from their weekly times and single dates: faded entries in the Week and Day views, hollow rings in the Month view.

Can I log an activity on a future day?

No. Future days are for planning only. You log an activity on the day you do it, or later on a past day if you forgot.

How do I move one session next week without changing every week?

Plan that session as a single date on the new day. A change to a weekly time applies to every week. The usual weekly entry still shows that week and will look missed unless you log it; to avoid that, end the weekly time with an Until date before that day and add it again with a From date after it.

Can I plan next week on the free plan?

No. Planning future days and reminders are Premium. The free plan covers logging, the calendar for today and past days, and the photo scan.