I used to laugh at people who planned their weeks. Really. I’d roll my eyes when friends pulled out their color-coded planners or talked about their morning rituals. My system was simple – wake up, react to whatever fire needed putting out, repeat.
Three years and countless missed opportunities later, I finally admitted something to myself: chaos doesn’t attract success. Structure does.
Look, we’re not talking about turning into robots with every minute scheduled. But there’s something almost magical about having a weekly planning system that creates space for your biggest dreams to show up. And after years of trial and error, we’ve found a weekly planning approach that actually works with the law of attraction – not against it.
The Sunday Night Game-Changer
Most people spend Sunday nights dreading Monday. We’ve flipped that completely.
Sunday evenings – usually around 7pm, sometimes with tea, sometimes with wine – we take 30 minutes for what we call our Attraction Planning Session. This isn’t just about listing tasks. It’s about creating a magnetic field for what we want.
Start by finding a quiet space. No TV, no phones, just you and your thoughts. Get something to write with (we prefer actual paper – there’s something about the physical connection that digital can’t match).
First question: “What would make this an amazing week?” Not what you have to do, but what would genuinely make you feel accomplished and aligned. Write without filtering. Dream a little.
This simple shift changes everything. Instead of planning from obligation, you’re planning from inspiration. Big difference in what you’ll attract.
Three Lists That Change Everything
Now we break it down into three specific lists:
1. Soul Goals (what feeds your purpose) 2. Success Goals (what moves your life/career forward) 3. Support Goals (what maintains your foundation)
Most people only focus on the second and third categories. They handle business tasks and errands but completely neglect the soul goals – the very things that fuel their energy and attraction power.
For each category, write no more than 3 items. Yes, just 3. Why? Because if everything is important, nothing is. When we spread our energy across too many priorities, we dilute our manifestation power.
A recent example from my list:
Soul Goals: – Meditate for 20 minutes daily (focusing on abundance visualization) – Read 30 pages of that Napoleon Hill biography – Have one deep conversation with someone I care about
Success Goals: – Finish project proposal for the Thompson opportunity – Record two podcast episodes – Review quarterly goals and adjust
Support Goals: – Schedule doctor appointment – Clean office space completely – Meal prep for busy days
See how specific these are? Not vague intentions like “work on business” or “be healthier.” Specific actions attract specific results.
The Magnetic Daily Planner (That Actually Works)
Here’s where most planning systems break down – they don’t connect the weekly vision to daily reality. Our system solves this.
Take your 9 weekly items and distribute them across your days. But – and this is crucial – never assign more than 3 important things to any day. Three. That’s it.
Each evening (takes literally 2 minutes), look at tomorrow’s 3 priorities and decide when exactly you’ll do them. Not “sometime tomorrow” but “7-8am” or “right after lunch.” Time-blocking even 15 minutes creates a commitment to yourself.
The power of this approach? It honors reality. We consistently overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can accomplish in a week of focused effort.
Also, something about declaring exactly when you’ll do something seems to align universal forces in your favor. Meetings get canceled, creating perfect windows. The right person calls at just the right time. We’ve seen this happen too consistently to be coincidence.
Write these daily 3 priorities somewhere you’ll see first thing – nightstand, bathroom mirror, phone lockscreen. Their visibility increases their magnetic pull.
The Secret 15-Minute Window
So here’s the part most productivity experts miss entirely. What you do in the first 15 minutes after waking dramatically impacts your manifestation energy for the entire day.
Most people grab their phones, immediately filling their minds with other people’s priorities, emergencies, and energy. This instantly puts you in reaction mode rather than creation mode.
Instead, we use what we call the Alignment Window. First 15 minutes: no phone, no email, no news. Nothing external.
We: 1. Read our written desire statement (takes 30 seconds) 2. Visualize our week going perfectly (3-5 minutes) 3. Express gratitude for three specific things (2 minutes) 4. Review today’s 3 priorities (1 minute)
That leaves a few minutes to just breathe, center yourself, or stretch. Whatever feels good.
This simple routine has been more powerful for attracting what we want than almost anything else we’ve tried. It sets an energetic blueprint for your day that makes you magnetic to opportunities aligned with your vision.
And yes – we still have crazy mornings sometimes with kids or emergencies. On those days, we do an abbreviated 2-minute version. Something is always better than nothing.
When Everything Falls Apart Anyway
Let’s be real. Some weeks, your beautiful plan will implode by Tuesday afternoon. An emergency will happen. You’ll get sick. Life will life.
Here’s where our system differs from rigid planning approaches: we expect disruption and build in recovery.
When your day goes sideways, don’t abandon the whole week. Instead, do what we call a Reset Ritual. Takes 5 minutes:
1. Take three deep breaths 2. Look at what priorities didn’t get done 3. Ask: “What’s ONE thing I can still do today to maintain momentum?” 4. Reschedule other items across remaining days 5. Remember this is normal, not failure
Sometimes the universe has better plans than we do. The disruption might be redirecting you toward something better. Stay flexible while maintaining your underlying intention.
This reset keeps your weekly planning system alive even when everything changes. Most people just give up when their plan breaks. Don’t be most people.
The Reflection That Makes Next Week 10x More Powerful
Here’s what completes the weekly planning cycle: a 10-minute review before your next planning session.
Open your journal and answer just three questions:
1. What worked well this week? (Celebrate it) 2. What unexpected opportunities showed up? (Acknowledge them) 3. What would make next week even better? (Learn and adjust)
This reflection does something powerful – it trains your brain to notice evidence that your desires are manifesting. Even small wins register as proof that your planning system is working.
The people who master manifestation aren’t just good at asking – they’re excellent at recognizing when they’re receiving. This weekly review builds that muscle.
Your weekly planning system isn’t just about getting things done. It’s about creating a structured container for miracles to show up. It’s about directing your focus, which directs your energy, which attracts your desires.
Start this Sunday. See what happens by Friday. Then make it a non-negotiable part of your life.
The most successful manifestors we know all have some version of this system. Not because they’re naturally organized people, but because they’ve learned that deliberate planning creates the conditions for magic to happen.
What’s one element from this system you’ll implement this week? The Sunday planning session? The daily 3? The morning alignment window? Start somewhere. Your future self will thank you.