Anyone can plan the week.
To understand it is the art.
weekview ESSENTIALS is not a calendar but a reflection system: five questions at the end of every week – and after a few months you see patterns that everyday life swallows up. The system comes as a book, as a booklet and as a file.
Five questions. A quarter of an hour.
A planner tells you what is coming up. ESSENTIALS asks what came of it. The five fields are called Achievements, What moved you, What mattered, Steps and Worth remembering – and they stand in this order because they lead from looking back to the next move.
At the centre stands the week: long enough to see how things develop, short enough that the details are still there. A day is too close, a month too far away.
The effort is deliberately kept small. Ten to twenty minutes at the end of the week are enough – it is about keywords, not flowing prose.
What all three versions have in common
- The same five reflection areas per week
- Weekly topics, metrics and personal routines
- A weekly verdict on focus, balance, mood and vitality
- Quarterly and yearly reflections for the bigger picture
- Concept and design by weekview
- Meant to complement the planner – not to replace it
Four ideas that hold true when you look back, too
They are the reason weekview plans differently from an ordinary calendar – and they open every planner as an introduction.
Recognise what matters
Life goals become yearly, quarterly and monthly goals – and from those come the concrete weekly priorities A, B and C.
Live in the rhythm of the week
The week is the natural beat. Six days of work, one day of rest: close the old week, begin the new one deliberately.
Strengthen the inner person
Outward action follows the inner life. That is why ESSENTIALS asks not only what you got done, but also what moved you.
Keep sight of your life
A quarter of an hour of planning saves days of work. A quarter of an hour of looking back saves weeks spent learning the same lesson twice.
Book, booklet or file?
The content is the same in all three cases. The difference lies in where the reflection ends up – on the shelf, in the X17 cover or on the tablet. Switch between them and compare.
3 years undated
The large format: A4, 192 pages, silver-gilt edges – and room for three years of weeks, quarters and yearly reviews. Completely undated, so you can start at any time.
- Weekly sections from page 3, quarterly reflections from 160
- Yearly reflections from page 172, notes section from 178
- Notes section with #hashtag system for finding things again
- Premium silver-gilt edges, concept and design by weekview
X17 booklet (6 months)
The same five pillars as an A5 booklet for the X17 system. If you already carry a cover with a calendar, you simply hang the reflection alongside – and take the full booklet out at the end.
- Achievements, What moved you, What mattered, Steps, Worth remembering
- Weekly overviews, quarterly and yearly sections
- Metrics tracking, weekly topics and routines
- Timeline for projects across the quarter
Essentials digital
Two PDF versions: the interactive Digital Planner with linked tabs for the tablet – and the print version in A4 landscape to print yourself. Both instant downloads, both free of shipping costs.
- Digital Planner with tabs for the year, quarters, months and weeks
- Print version double-sided, A4 landscape, printable as often as you like
- For GoodNotes, Notability and any PDF app with pen support
- Available the moment you buy – no subscription, no account
Undecided? If you want to try out first whether weekly reflection suits you, start with the booklet – six months is a manageable run-up.
This applies to every version
Undated wherever possible
Book and booklet are completely undated – you fill in the year and week yourself. No empty pages appear when a week is skipped.
Five fixed fields
Achievements, What moved you, What mattered, Steps, Worth remembering. Always the same, always in the same order – that is what makes weeks comparable.
Ten to twenty minutes
The effort is deliberately small. ESSENTIALS does not lead into endless self-analysis, but into a clear, repeatable weekly routine.
Quarter and year
Every thirteen weeks a view from above, once a year the balance. The week never stands on its own.
Alongside the planner
ESSENTIALS does not replace a calendar. The planner leads you through the week, ESSENTIALS reviews it at the end.
For you, not for everyone
The digital versions are intended for your own use. Passing them on or uploading them to public platforms is not permitted.
Where should the week land?
That is the whole question – and it has nothing to do with the content, but with a habit: Where do you write when you think?
If you want a book that still stands on the shelf after three years and shows how far you have come, take the large Essentials in A4 – with silver-gilt edges, 192 pages and room for three years.
If you already carry an X17 , simply hang the A5 booklet alongside. The same five pillars, only in the format that is already in your cover – and swapped out after six months.
If you write on a tablet or prefer to print it yourself, take the digital version. There instantly, free of shipping costs, and the print version can be printed as often as you like.
Three sentences we hear again and again
The same system, the same five questions – and still three different ways of reaching for it.
„I want to be able to read this back later.“
Three years in one volume, with silver-gilt edges and a hardback cover. What stands in it needs no device to be read again.
3 years undated · 99.00 €„I have my X17 with me anyway.“
Calendar at the front, notebook at the back, reflection in between – all in one cover. When the booklet is full, the next one goes in.
X17 booklet · 16.95 €„I write on the tablet with a pen.“
Linked tabs instead of page-turning, there the moment you buy. And if you do want paper after all, print the A4 version yourself – as often as you like.
Essentials digital · from 19.95 €Before you decide
Is ESSENTIALS a calendar?
Which version is the right one to start with?
Are the versions dated?
How much time should I set aside?
What are the five reflection areas?
Are there shipping costs for the digital versions?
One week. Five questions.
Take the book if it is meant to stay. The booklet if you carry an X17. The file if your pen lives on the tablet.