{"id":"pro-fl-designer-week-plan","audience":"freelancers","category":"planning","technique":"constraints","title":"Turn a freelancer's to-do dump into a deadline-proof week","free":false,"task":"You're a freelance designer with a messy to-do dump and next week to plan. You want exactly 5 numbered lines, Monday to Friday, with at most 2 tasks per day, under 80 words, plain text. Every client task must land on or before its deadline, using the date a client just moved, Wednesday afternoon stays empty, and the someday ideas stay off the plan. Write a prompt that gets you exactly that.","materialLabel":"Your to-do dump and emails (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"brain dump sun night\n\n- Halvorsen Bakery menu redesign - final files due Thu\n- Kestrel Yoga logo - 3 concepts due Fri\n- invoice Halvorsen for September (overdue!!) - 30 min\n- Juniper Dental flyer edits - due Wed  [see email]\n- update portfolio site someday\n- learn a new 3D tool? someday\n- reply to Maple St Books about a quote - by Tue\n- Wed afternoon = Lily's school play, DO NOT book anything\n- do taxes estimate thing - Sept 15 already passed?? check later\n- clean desk lol\n\nEmail from Juniper Dental (Sat):\n\"Hi! Our printer moved up, so we need the flyer edits by Tuesday end of day instead of Wednesday. Sorry for the rush!\"\n\nEmail from Kestrel Yoga (Sun):\n\"No change, Friday is great for the logo concepts.\"","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":5},{"type":"maxWords","max":80},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Missing the moved deadline","why":"The dump says Wednesday, and the AI may schedule the flyer edits there.","fix":"Add: \"Use the new Tuesday deadline from Juniper's email.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not stating the limits","why":"The AI packs days full and books Wednesday afternoon.","fix":"Add: \"At most 2 tasks a day. Keep Wednesday afternoon empty.\"","checks":["r0","r2"]},{"title":"Keeping the someday list","why":"The AI tries to fit in every item, including wishes and jokes.","fix":"Add: \"Skip the someday items and the desk.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting the AI pick the layout","why":"The AI makes a time-blocked table with bold days and tips.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 5 numbered lines like '1. Mon: Juniper edits; Maple quote reply'. Plain text.\"","checks":["numberedItems","plainText"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for \"under 80 words\" and it often lands well over.","fix":"Cap each part instead: \"each line under 11 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(5|five)\\b"]},{"label":"Sets a per-day limit","patterns":["2 tasks","two tasks","per day","a day"]},{"label":"Uses the moved deadline","patterns":["moved","tuesday","new deadline","email"]},{"label":"Protects Wednesday afternoon","patterns":["wednesday afternoon","wed afternoon","school play","keep .{0,20}(empty|free|clear)"]},{"label":"Skips the someday items","patterns":["someday","skip","leave out"]}],"hint":"A plan is only good if it meets the deadlines. Tell the AI the limits per day, the blocked time, and that one client moved a date.","rubricLabels":["Each of the 5 lines is one weekday, Monday to Friday in order, with at most 2 tasks on any day","Every client task lands on or before its deadline: Juniper flyer edits by Tuesday (the moved date), Maple St Books reply by Tuesday, Halvorsen menu files by Thursday, Kestrel logo concepts by Friday, and the Halvorsen invoice appears somewhere","Wednesday shows nothing in the afternoon (morning tasks or a note like 'afternoon off' are fine), and the someday items (portfolio, 3D tool) and the desk cleaning are left out"]}