Field guide
How W52 works
W52 is a calm way to run a life that has more than one thing in it. Not a to-do list — a weekly ritual built on the roles you play. This guide walks the whole method, from the simplest idea to the long view, in the order you’ll meet it.
The method in five lines
Name the roles you play — parent, partner, founder, friend. more →
Give each role one honest mission and a few objectives. more →
Capture tasks per role and sort them into four quadrants. more →
Each week, pull the important-but-not-urgent work onto seven real days. more →
Close the week with a two-tap review — and watch your year fill in. more →
Five minutes on a Monday, two taps on a Sunday. That’s the whole practice.
The chapters
In reading order — each one builds on the last. Start at roles; everything else is downstream of them.
- 01RolesThe hats you wear — usually five or six. Everything else hangs off them.Read chapter →
- 02Missions & objectivesOne honest sentence per role, and the few outcomes that would make it true.Read chapter →
- 03Tasks & quadrantsSort what each role asks of you: do first, plan, minimise, or drop.Read chapter →
- 04The weekly planThe Monday ritual — pull the work that matters onto seven real days.Read chapter →
- 05Focus — your weekThe home screen. Today, what’s still open, and nothing else.Read chapter →
- 06ListsErrands, books, ideas — everything that isn’t a role, kept out of the way.Read chapter →
- 07Reviews & BalanceA quiet Sunday look back, a score, and your year filling in week by week.Read chapter →
- 08SeasonsDeclare a stretch of weeks where a few roles rightly lead.Read chapter →
- 09Getting startedFive minutes of setup, everything skippable, nothing lost.Read chapter →
Rather just try it?
Setup takes about five minutes and everything in it is skippable. The guide will still be here.