personal-productivity

Personal Productivity

Scope

Covers

• Designing a weekly timebox plan for a high-meeting-load job (meeting windows, focus blocks, admin buffers)
• Building a write-it-down capture system so tasks don’t live in your head (inbox → lists → reviews)
• Creating daily + weekly review rituals that keep you current without constant re-planning
• Producing a practical 7-day rollout plan (small changes you can implement immediately)

When to use

• “Help me timebox my week so I can handle meetings + deep work.”
• “I keep forgetting tasks. Build me a write-it-down system and a review routine.”
• “I’m juggling a demanding job plus side commitments (advising/board/etc.). Make it sustainable.”
• “Create a personal productivity system I can follow next week.”

When NOT to use

• You primarily need to reduce burnout or redesign your week around energy (not just time) — use energy-management (this pack optimizes time; that pack optimizes energy)
• You need a project plan, milestones, or delivery management for a specific initiative — use managing-timelines
• You want to design team-wide meeting policies, rituals, or operating systems — use team-rituals
• You need a delegation framework for distributing work to reports — use delegating-work
• You need medical/mental-health advice (including ADHD treatment), or you are in crisis. Seek professional help
• You want a team-wide process (meeting policy, org operating system). Use a team/ops skill instead

Inputs

Minimum required

• Your role + primary responsibilities (and whether you manage people)
• Your constraints/non-negotiables (time zones, caregiving, travel, on-call, deadlines)
• A representative week (calendar text dump, recurring meetings list, or narrative)
• Your current task system (or “none”) + tools you’re willing to use (any calendar + any to-do list works)
• What “better” means in 2–4 weeks (e.g., fewer dropped tasks, more deep-work blocks, lower weekend spillover)

Missing-info strategy

• Ask 3–5 questions at a time from references/INTAKE.md.
• If the calendar is unavailable, proceed with a default-week draft using explicit assumptions and ask the user to correct it.
• Do not request secrets, credentials, or sensitive personal/medical details.