Table of Contents
- The big idea: build a planning system with three layers
- Step-by-step: turn your syllabus into a daily plan
- Step 1: Extract dates + deliverables (don’t trust your memory)
- Step 2: Build your master semester calendar (your “source of truth”)
- Step 3: Create a weekly study budget (so your plan is mathematically possible)
- Step 4: Create a weekly template (the routine that makes daily planning easy)
- Step 5: Task slicing (the skill that turns “study” into finishable actions)
- Step 6: Schedule the first slices (don’t schedule the entire semester in one sitting)
- Step 7: Add learning cycles that compound (spaced retrieval + practice testing)
- Step 8: Maintain the plan (weekly reset + daily shutdown)
- Worked example: slicing one big paper into daily actions
- Things everyone does (and quick ways to fix them)
- Quick checklists (copy these into your notes app)
- FAQ