One page for the whole week: top priorities, a day-by-day grid, and space for notes and next week.
A weekly planner earns its page by doing three things a calendar cannot: forcing three priorities (not thirty), giving the week a single visible shape, and creating a carry-over line so unfinished items migrate deliberately rather than evaporating. The day grid stays deliberately sparse, timed appointments live in your calendar; the planner holds the blocks and commitments that shape each day, which is the level at which weeks are actually planned.
The habit tracker uses the simplest possible mechanic, a row per habit, a mark per day, because tracking systems fail through friction, not through lack of features. Print a fresh copy each week (Sunday evening is the classic planning moment) and keep the old ones: a stack of past weeks is a more honest productivity record than any app dashboard.
Why only three priorities? Because a week with twelve 'top' priorities has none. Three is the number that survives contact with real interruptions while still moving important work forward.
Should every hour be scheduled? No, block the commitments and the deep-work sessions, and leave deliberate white space. A planner packed edge-to-edge breaks on the first surprise and gets abandoned.
When should I fill it in? Before the week starts, Friday afternoon or Sunday evening, and reviewed for two minutes each morning.