Weekly Planner in Benji

Plan your entire week with a powerful drag-and-drop interface.

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The Weekly Planner View

Benji's Weekly Planner provides a comprehensive view of your entire week, allowing you to plan and organize your tasks by day and time of day. This powerful planning tool helps you visualize your schedule and ensure you're allocating your time effectively.

Key Weekly Planner Features

  • Drag-and-drop interface for easy task scheduling
  • Morning, Afternoon, Evening, and Night sections for each day
  • Time block creation for grouping related tasks
  • Time estimates to prevent overplanning
  • Working hours warnings for location-specific tasks
  • Sidebar with available tasks to schedule

Day Sections

Each day in the Weekly Planner is divided into four sections:

Morning

Tasks to complete in the early part of your day, typically before lunch.

Afternoon

Tasks scheduled for the middle part of your day, typically between lunch and dinner.

Evening

Tasks for the later part of your day, typically after dinner but before bedtime.

Night

Tasks scheduled for late hours, typically before sleep or for the next morning.

This division helps you organize your day into natural segments and ensures you're distributing your workload appropriately throughout the day.

Drag-and-Drop Task Planning

The Weekly Planner features an intuitive drag-and-drop interface that makes scheduling tasks quick and easy:

  1. Your available tasks appear in a sidebar
  2. Simply drag a task from the sidebar into any day section
  3. Rearrange tasks within a section by dragging them up or down
  4. Move tasks between days or sections by dragging them to a new location

This visual approach to planning makes it easy to see your entire week at a glance and make adjustments as needed.

Time Blocks

For more structured planning, you can create time blocks within day sections:

  • Group related tasks together in a single block
  • Set a specific duration for the block
  • See how much time is remaining as you add tasks
  • Get warnings if you try to add more tasks than will fit in the allocated time

Time blocks are perfect for focused work sessions, meetings, or any situation where you want to dedicate a specific amount of time to a set of related tasks.

Time Estimates

Benji's Weekly Planner uses the time estimates you've added to your tasks to help prevent overplanning:

  • See the total estimated time for all tasks in a section or time block
  • Get visual warnings when you've scheduled more than a reasonable amount of work for a section
  • Easily identify when you need to reschedule tasks to balance your workload

This feature helps you create realistic plans and avoid the frustration of consistently falling behind on your schedule.

Working Hours Warnings

For location-specific tasks, Benji can warn you if you've scheduled them outside of the location's working hours:

  • Add working hours information to tasks tied to specific locations (e.g., post office, bank)
  • Get warnings if you schedule these tasks during times when the location is closed
  • Receive notifications about closing times for tasks scheduled late in the day

This feature helps you avoid wasted trips and ensures you complete location-specific tasks when the venues are actually open.