Free download · Routine Planner
Plan a day with barakah
For years I planned my days around meetings, deadlines and the Gregorian calendar, and fitted my prayers in wherever they would go. It took a few burnouts for me to turn it around: start from the prayer times, notice when my energy is high or low, and build the rest of the day from there. This is the planner I use and share with my students. It’s free, and it takes ten minutes.
Opens in Google Drive. Print it in colour, or fill it in on your tablet.
Before you start
Curious how close your day is to the routine you actually want? Grab the planner, a few coloured pens and ten quiet minutes. You’ll see your day on one page, around the clock.
Why plan your routine this way?
Your day is built around salah
The five prayers are the anchors of a Muslim’s day. When you plan around them, instead of squeezing them in, everything else finds its place.
You work with your energy, not against it
Mapping your high, medium and low energy shows you when to do deep work, when to rest, and why that 3 pm slump keeps catching you out.
You see the whole of you
Spiritual, physical, social: the planner asks what you do for each, so your routine serves your soul, your body and your relationships, not just your job.
How to fill it in
Highlight your prayer times
Mark the five prayers on the clock for the day you are planning.
Colour in your energy levels
In the inner ring, shade when your energy is usually high, medium or low.
Add your activities
In the outer ring, colour in and note what you do: sleep, work, meals, family, worship, personal time.
Look to the Sunnah
Ask yourself which elements of the daily routine of the Prophet ﷺ you could bring into your day.
Give your routine a score
On a scale of 1 to 10, are you living the best version of yourself across your roles with this routine?
It doesn’t have to be all or nothing
Nobody changes their whole routine overnight, and you don’t need to. I suggest you use the planner in stages:
1 · See it
Map your current routine, honestly. No judgement, just awareness.
2 · Align it
Plan an ideal weekday and weekend routine around salah and your energy.
3 · Live it
Try it for a few weeks, then plan your Ramadan routine and revisit it each season.
When to use it
I come back to my planner at the start of each Hijri year, before Ramadan, and whenever life changes: a new job, a move, a new season of life. Each time, I compare my score with the last one and pick one small change to work on next.
Want to go further?
The planner is a first step. In the Productivity Masterclass, we build a full routine around your energy, focus and time, with live support.
Written by Hannane Ramdani, founder of The Productive Sister and certified Productivity Partner of The Productive Muslim Company.
The Routine Planner is created by The Productive Muslim Company and licensed by Leading Productive Lives LLC under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Acknowledgement to Ahmed Boshnak for the conceptual development of this planner. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0