# Guides to a better week

URL: https://gocutline.com/guides/

Practical guides to planning a week you will actually finish: time blocking, weekly reviews, deep work and staying accountable.

- [What is time blocking?](https://gocutline.com/guides/time-blocking/): Time blocking means giving every hour a job in advance. A practical guide: how to time block your week, examples, common mistakes and templates.
- [How to plan your week](https://gocutline.com/guides/how-to-plan-your-week/): A simple 20-minute method to plan your week on Sunday: outcomes, anchors, deep work, buffers and a review. With examples and free templates.
- [Deep work schedule](https://gocutline.com/guides/deep-work-schedule/): How to build a deep work schedule: when to block focus time, how long, how to protect it, and example schedules for founders, creators and students.
- [How to gamify your productivity](https://gocutline.com/guides/gamify-productivity/): Gamification works when the score is honest and the feedback is instant. How to gamify productivity with XP, streaks and leaderboards that reward real work.
- [The weekly review](https://gocutline.com/guides/weekly-review/): A 15-minute weekly review: what you finished, where the hours went, what to keep and what to change. With questions to ask and how to use the numbers.
- [Find an accountability partner](https://gocutline.com/guides/accountability-partner/): How to find an accountability partner, what to agree on, how often to check in, and how to use a shared weekly scoreboard so it lasts beyond week two.
- [Proving work ethic on a CV](https://gocutline.com/guides/prove-work-ethic-on-a-cv/): Every CV says hard-working. Here is how to prove it: numbers that a reader can check, a record of consistency, and a verification code. With examples.
- [Time blocking examples](https://gocutline.com/guides/time-blocking-examples/): Six time blocking examples, hour by hour: a founder, a student, a 9-to-5 with a side project, a salesperson, a creator and a parent. Copy one in a click.
- [How to time block your day](https://gocutline.com/guides/how-to-time-block-your-day/): How to time block your day: list what matters, size it honestly, place the hardest thing in your best hours, batch the rest, and tick blocks off as you go.
- [Pomodoro vs time blocking](https://gocutline.com/guides/pomodoro-vs-time-blocking/): Pomodoro vs time blocking: the Pomodoro Technique splits focus into 25-minute sprints; time blocking decides when work happens.
- [How to stay consistent](https://gocutline.com/guides/how-to-stay-consistent/): How to stay consistent with work, training or study: make it small, give it a time, track the streak, plan for bad days, review weekly and do it with people.
- [Daily routine for entrepreneurs](https://gocutline.com/guides/daily-routine-for-entrepreneurs/): A daily routine for entrepreneurs: training first, deep work before messages, sales in one block, meetings after lunch and a 10-minute shutdown.
- [Timeboxing vs time blocking](https://gocutline.com/guides/timeboxing-vs-time-blocking/): Timeboxing vs time blocking: time blocking reserves time on the calendar for work; timeboxing also sets a hard limit and stops when the time is up. Use both.


## Where to start
New to planning your week? Read [what time blocking is](https://gocutline.com/guides/time-blocking/), then [how to plan your week in 20 minutes](https://gocutline.com/guides/how-to-plan-your-week/). Already planning but not finishing? The [weekly review](https://gocutline.com/guides/weekly-review/) and [finding an accountability partner](https://gocutline.com/guides/accountability-partner/) are where most people find the missing piece.


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