Playbooks / Time blocking
Time blocking planner that builds your week for you
Time blocking works, but planning the blocks takes a block of its own. Apply Goaltree’s time blocking playbook to a goal and your coach batches its tasks into focused blocks, suggests the best time of day for each and gives you a day-by-day schedule you can drop straight into your calendar.
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Time blocking means giving your work fixed appointments in your calendar instead of working from an open-ended to-do list. Each block holds one kind of work: writing, calls, deep work or admin.
It works because a task with a time slot gets done, while a task on a list waits. Batching similar tasks into one block also cuts the cost of switching between them.
When to use it
- Meetings fill your calendar and real work gets the leftovers
- You jump between unrelated tasks all day
- You want to protect a few hours of deep work each week
How to do it
- 01 Group similar tasks Writing with writing, admin with admin.
- 02 Match work to energy Hard, focused work in your best hours; lighter tasks when your energy dips.
- 03 Put it in your calendar Treat each block like a meeting you can’t skip.
- 04 Adjust at the end of the day If a block ran over, move what’s left. Don’t drop it.
How Goaltree applies it
When you apply the playbook, the coach reads the goal’s tasks and suggests how to batch them: which tasks belong together, what time of day suits each block and how long to make it. You get a concrete day-by-day schedule for the week.
What your coach does
- Groups related tasks into focused blocks
- Suggests the time of day that suits each block
- Says how long to block out for each one
- Lays it all out day by day, ready for your calendar
In the app: Explore → Playbooks → pick a goal.
Mon · 9:00 – 11:30 AM Deep work
- Fix the signup bug
Tue · 9:00 – 11:00 AM Writing
- Finish landing page copy
- Write 3 launch posts
Wed · 2:00 – 3:30 PM Setup
- Set up analytics
- Buy the domain
- Answer the vendor survey
Thu · 10:00 – 11:30 AM Creative
- Record a demo video
- Redesign the logo again
4 focus blocks this week, deep work in the mornings.
FAQ
Questions, answered
Does the coach add the blocks to my calendar?
The playbook gives you a day-by-day schedule in the chat that you can copy into your calendar as it is.
How long should a time block be?
Deep work blocks usually run 60 to 120 minutes, while admin and quick tasks fit in 30. The coach suggests a length for each block based on the tasks in it.
Time blocking or Pomodoro?
They work well together. Time blocking decides when you work on something; Pomodoro splits that block into 25-minute sessions. Goaltree has a playbook for each.
Start today
Give every task a time.
Apply time blocking to a goal and get a schedule for the week ahead.
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