I'm a big fan of Cal Newport's Time-Block Planner but I didn't like having unused weekend pages and got tired of writing in the dates so I wrote this script to generate my own version of it. It generates a PDF with a week's worth of 8.5 x 11 inch pages.
I'm also a fan of Manager Tools' 1-on-1s, so I incorporated a version of their meeting form. You specify which people you meet every week, and you'll get a page for each.
Take a look at a sample and see what you think. If it's not to your liking, feel free to customize it, or try out some of the other variations people have put together:
- jlorenzetti's fork generates A4
pages in Helvetica, and omits the 1-on-1 forms.
- pzula's fork is based off of jlorenzetti's but scales it down to A5.
- Hyunggilwoo's fork uses UbuntuMono and omits 1-on-1 forms. It looks like a good choice for Ubuntu users.
- dianalow's fork is scaled to fit in the TRAVELER’S notebook, and as usual omits, the 1:1 forms.
Assuming you've got Ruby and Bundler installed you can just run:
git clone git@github.com:drewish/planner.git
cd planner
bundle install
You can generate planner pages for the current week:
./planner.rb
Or, you can generate a different week's pages by passing in the date:
./planner.rb 2022-05-27
On a Mac you can send the PDF directly to your printer:
lpr time_block_pages.pdf
The script that generates the 1-on-1 forms works similarly:
./one-on-one.rb
Similarly, you can choose a week:
./one-on-one.rb 2022-05-27
Generate a full year. Note: this will also include every week and combine pdfs at the end in folder the folder output
ruby yearly_planner.rb
Probably only works on a Mac since it hardcodes the font path.