Plan 2027: A Calm Year Planning Guide in 10 Steps
This is the whole way to plan 2027, in the order I'd read it. Close the old year, decide what matters, put the year on one page, then live it week by week and day by day.
Every step is one guide, built on my own numbers from about ten years of planning every day. Read one step tonight. The rest can wait for their turn.
The 10 steps
- 01
Step 1: Close 2026 first
Thirty questions, four spheres, about 90 minutes. You plan better when you know what the last year actually gave you.
- Year in Review Questions: 30 Questions to Close Your Year in 4 Spheres · Out November 6
- 02
Step 2: Name what you stand on
Values first, goals second. When two goals clash in March, the values decide.
- Core Values: My Four, and How to Live by Your Values · Out November 3
- Values vs Goals: How I Choose When They Clash
- 03
Step 3: Pick life goals by sphere
Health, love and family, money and work, hobby. One goal each, written as a finish line or a rhythm.
- How to Set Life Goals for 2027: 4 Spheres, 7 Steps and a 10 Question Worksheet · Out November 4
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Step 4: Put the year on one page
One hour, one page, four goals split into quarters. The first step lands in tomorrow's list.
- How to Plan Your Year: A One Page, One Hour Plan for 2027 in 7 Steps · Out November 1
- 05
Step 5: Break goals into stages
One open stage per goal, the next one unlocks when it's done. Plan the obstacle before it shows up.
- How to Break Big Goals Into Smaller Steps: 7 Steps and a Template for 2027 · Out November 5
- How to Focus on One Goal at a Time: 7 Rules From a Founder Running 8 Things at Once · Out November 8
- WOOP Goal Setting: Plan for What Stops You
- 06
Step 6: Turn resolutions into habits
A resolution is a wish. A small repeating task with a time is a habit you can count.
- New Year Resolutions That Stick: 7 Rules and My Real Habit Numbers for 2027 · Out November 2
- How Long Does It Take to Form a Habit? 66 Days vs 10 Real Habits I Timed (2027 Guide)
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Step 7: Connect the year to today
Three horizons: values for life, goals for the year, a short list for today. Each task points somewhere.
- Life Planning System: Three Horizons From Vision to Today · Out November 7
- Daily Planning and Goal Setting: 3 Levels of Focus and the Numbers That Connect Them · Out November 9
- 08
Step 8: Review every week
Five minutes and two numbers a week keep the year plan alive. A short look you take beats a long ritual you skip.
- 09
Step 9: Plan days you can finish
A short list, times first, then your order. A day you finish beats a day you overplanned.
- 10
Step 10: Measure and adjust
Planned vs done, week by week. Try a change for 30 days, then keep it or drop it.
- You Can Only Improve What You Measure: 6 Numbers for Your Time and Effort · Out November 13
- A 30 Day Experiment, Not a Life Sentence · Out November 22
Get the free 2027 Planning Kit
9 printable pages: your year on one page, 3 goals with a plan for the obstacle, a 90 day map, the weekly review, a daily page and a 67 day habit tracker. Plus one calm letter a week from the founder of Aimgod.
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FAQ
- When should I start planning 2027?
- Any free evening in late November or December. Close 2026 with the year in review questions first, about 90 minutes, then plan the year in about an hour.
- How many goals should I set for 2027?
- One per sphere of life, so about four. Each goal gets four stages, one per quarter, and only one stage is open at a time.
- What is in the free 2027 Planning Kit?
- Nine printable pages: the year on one page, three goals with a plan for the obstacle, a 90 day map, the weekly review, a daily page and a 67 day habit tracker.
- Do I need an app to plan my year?
- No. Paper works for the plan itself. An app helps with the part that usually breaks: connecting the year goals to what you do today and seeing it every morning.