Mike Schmitz shipped a free web tool for designing an ideal week template, and it is pretty clever.

The interface is a calendar grid. You drag blocks for your work hours, deep work, family time, exercise, whatever modes matter to you. You color them. You theme the days at the top. Then you export the result as a PDF, an image, an ICS file, or a Markdown document.

The export options are what set it apart. The ICS file means you can drop your ideal week into Apple Calendar or Google Calendar as a toggleable planning layer. Turn it on when you are sketching out a week. Turn it off when you are looking at the actual schedule. The Markdown export means anyone working in Obsidian can paste the template straight into a personal retreat note, a quarterly planning doc, or a roles-and-goals review.

I sat with the tool on the air while Mike walked through his on the latest episode of Focused. It slotted right into the way I already think about weekly planning. Designing an ideal week is one of the most useful things you can do for your time. Most people never do it because the friction is high. Mike’s tool brings the friction down to almost zero.

It is free. Give it a try.