For years, I ignored the idea of monthly planning.
I used to hear it all the time — from productivity YouTubers like DorosOnline, who’d say:
“You should always plan your week. And if you’ve got big goals — even your month.”
But I never really got it.
My brain would instantly reject the idea:
What if something comes up?
What if I get sick? Travel? Guests show up?
Isn’t that just setting myself up to fail?
So instead, I stuck to daily planning.
And honestly? That alone puts you ahead of 90% of people.
Planning your day is powerful.
You get clarity.
You move with intention.
And if something goes wrong — you just move the task to tomorrow.
But that’s also the problem.
Daily planning makes it easy to carry everything over.
There’s no bigger time frame holding you accountable.
You never zoom out — so nothing compounds.
That changed earlier this year.
I was experimenting with a new work approach (I'll share that in a future article),
and I started to notice something:
Every month… I had Small/medium/big projects.
Like:
4 Reels
3 YouTube videos
6 articles
20 Instagram posts
Updating a template
Starting a new community
And more
All in one month.
And the wild part?
I loved it.
Suddenly, I could feel the month working for me — instead of slipping through my fingers.
It made everything easier to see.
Clearer to break down.
And most surprisingly…
Planning my month helped me finally understand how to plan my week — something I had dismissed for years.
How I Plan My Month Now
I keep it simple.
I open my Second Brain system (you can get it from here),
go to the Projects section,
create a new entry for the month,
and list every key project or goal I want to focus on.
Sometimes a project is just a big task.
Sometimes it’s something huge — like a cinematic video — which gets its own page, but still lives under that month.
Then I break it all down.
Tasks.
Timelines.
What’s urgent.
What can wait.
What’s a priority — and what’s just noise.
If you’ve never planned your month before, try it once.
Start simple.
In fact, I created a free template called the Mission Tracker just for that — focused only on monthly project planning.
You can grab it here (it's free).
Planning your month won’t make life perfect.
Plans still get interrupted. That’s okay.
But it’ll give you a home for your ideas.
A clear map of what matters.
And a way to carry momentum from one day to the next — without getting lost in the chaos.
Try it.
You might love it, too.
Thank you for reading :)
Osama aka Ols
