VoiceFirstPlanner · Life Planning

A life planner for your whole life, not just your day.

Name what matters, then let every ordinary day answer to it. This life planner has five connected pieces — values, goals, habits, a bucket list and a nightly reflection — each set up in minutes, each spoken rather than typed.

Tap. Speak. Done.
The pain

Busy is easy. On purpose is the hard part.

Most planners are very good at tomorrow. The week fills, the list ticks down, and a year later you cannot point at what any of it added up to. Not because the days were wasted — because nothing connected them.

  • “Work had a system. My own life had a pile of good intentions.”
  • “The business was planned to the hour. Saturday wasn’t planned at all.”
  • “Everything I was responsible for ran properly except me.”
  • “I had a calendar for other people and nothing for my own.”

What is life planning?

Life planning is the layer above the daily to-do list: deciding what matters, what you are working toward, and what you want the years to add up to — then connecting ordinary days to it. A daily planner answers “what’s next?” A life planner answers “what for?”

How to plan your life in five steps

  1. Name your personal values. The why behind everything else.
  2. Set SMART goals. A value with a number and a date.
  3. Build the habits that move you toward them — a habit tracker keeps the days honest.
  4. Write the bucket list. The long view, kept in sight.
  5. Reflect each evening in a reflection journal, so the days keep matching the direction.
How it fits

It’s a loop, not a checklist.

A goal carrying its role tag

Values point the way. Goals turn a value into something with a date. Habits move you toward them a little every day, the bucket list keeps the horizon honest, and reflection checks the days still match the direction.

Then it goes round again — and each pass, your values get a little clearer.

“Add health to my values”

Say it once. Everything downstream can point at it.

Thirty-five years of paper planners kept my weeks organized. Not one of them ever connected a Tuesday to anything bigger than the Wednesday after it.

That connection is the whole reason this exists.

— Dave Rees, Founder. From boatbuilder, to business owner, to Founder.

Life planning questions

What is a life planner?

A planner for the bigger picture: values, goals, habits, a bucket list and reflection, connected so that ordinary days point somewhere.

How do I start planning my life?

Start with your values. Goals, habits and the bucket list all get easier once you know what matters.

Is life planning on the free plan?

Yes, with limits: five values and roles, three goals, four habits and ten bucket-list items. Premium takes every limit off.

How is a life planner different from a daily planner?

A daily planner runs the day. A life planner decides what the days are for. In VoiceFirstPlanner, both live in the same app.

Free with your free account

Three books. All free with your account.

The VoiceFirstPlanner Instruction Manual, The VoiceFirstPlanner Voice Command Guide and The Voice First Life Planning System — Starter Workbook.

$19.98 for the Starter Workbook alone — all three free when you create your free account.

The VoiceFirstPlanner Instruction Manual, the VoiceFirstPlanner Voice Command Guide and The Voice First Life Planning System — Starter Workbook
See it in action

See it all come together.

The full feature tour. Watch on YouTube ↗