Turn one walk into a sorted week

Decisions to make this week

Written as a question, with the deadline if you said one. Decisions hide inside worries, so this pile is usually longer than you expect.

Tasks, each with a first step

Small enough to start in ten minutes. "Sort out the website" becomes "Open the homepage and list what's out of date".

Messages, already drafted

The email you've been avoiding, written in plain words. Drafted, never sent: you read it and press send yourself.

Things you can let go of

Anything you mentioned but have no reason to act on, or worry about but can't change. Seeing it written down is half the relief.

The microphone in the Claude app

In the Claude app on iPhone or Android, tap the microphone on the right of the message box and talk. Your words appear as text. Tap the arrow to send, or the X to cancel. The first time, it asks which language you speak. This is dictation: if Claude starts talking back, you've opened voice mode instead.

Wispr Flow

A voice keyboard that works inside any app, Claude included, and takes out the ums and repeats as you talk. Free with a weekly word limit. My referral link gives you a free month of Pro: get Wispr Flow. It's the one I use.

Sort my walk

Paste it, then talk underneath. Messy is fine: the prompt expects it.

Below is everything I said out loud on a walk. It will be messy: repeats, half-sentences, changes of mind. Sort it for me.

Put every item in one of four piles:
1. Decisions I need to make this week. Write each as a question, with the deadline if I mentioned one.
2. Tasks. Give each one a first step small enough to do in ten minutes. Calls go here, with what to say in one line. So do longer pieces of writing (a newsletter, a post): don't write them for me.
3. Messages I need to send. Draft each one, short and in plain words. Never send anything.
4. Things I can drop. Anything I mentioned but have no reason to act on this week, or that I'm worrying about but can't change. Say why in a few words.

Rules:
→ Use only what I said. The first steps are the only thing you add: no new tasks, ideas or advice.
→ If I changed my mind during the walk, use what I said last.
→ Leave personal things out unless I clearly said they belong on this list. At the end, list what you left out as personal in one line, so I know it wasn't lost.
→ If something could go in two piles, pick one and mark it (?) with the other pile's name.
→ If one thing is unclear enough to change the sort, ask me that one question first. Otherwise don't ask anything.
→ Keep the whole result under 250 words.

My walk:
[delete this line, then talk]

What Claude should know before I talk

Once per chat, or once ever if you save it as a Claude project's instructions.

Before I give you my walk notes, here's what you need to know to sort them well. Keep it in mind for the rest of this chat.

My work: [what you do, in one line]
My priorities this quarter: [two or three]
Fixed this week: [meetings, deadlines, days off]
Leave out: [anything you'll mention but don't want on the list, e.g. family admin]

Reply with one line to confirm, then wait for my walk notes. Don't give me any advice yet.

Turn the list into my week

Paste the sorted list from prompt 01 where the brackets are.

Here's my sorted list from my walk:

[paste the sorted list]

Turn it into this week.
→ Put each decision on a day before its deadline, with fifteen minutes to make it.
→ Fit the tasks around my fixed commitments. Most important first, using my priorities.
→ No more than three tasks a day. Anything that doesn't fit goes on a "Next week" list. Don't squeeze it in.
→ Put each drafted message under the day it should go. Don't send anything.
→ Leave the drop pile out of the week completely.

Give me one short list per day, then the "Next week" list. If you don't know my fixed commitments or priorities, ask me for them first rather than guess.

Tune it after a week

Paste your sorted lists from the week's walks.

I've used the Walk + Talk method for a week. Here are my sorted lists:

[paste them]

Tell me:
→ what came up more than once, and whether it needs a decision rather than another task
→ which pile I never acted on
→ one change to the sorting prompt that would make next week's list more useful

Use only what's in the lists. Keep it under 150 words. If nothing stands out, say so and stop.