New year, new…plan? Or perhaps reuse and recycle is the recipe for a good start to 2026. New Year’s is the season of ambitions, renewal, and improved habits, but planning according to the principle of “same procedure as last year” is by no means a bad thing. In fact, last year’s plan is an excellent starting point, allowing you to actively consider your structure and assess not only which plans should be carried over into 2026, but also whether the timing is correct. That way, you continue building on the things that already work and can use your creativity and innovation to create (metaphorical) fireworks elsewhere.
A new plan based on experience
Before repeating any plans or processes from 2025, you need to assess whether they worked as intended. If you’ve continuously evaluated your initiatives throughout the year, you’ll truly reap the benefits now, as you will already know which successes are worth repeating. Naturally, you also need to align with other departments within the organization to ensure cohesion and consistency between the various initiatives.
It can feel like a delicate balance to combine successful, existing elements with new, fresh initiatives. This balancing act is exactly what we aim to ease with the “Plan Again” feature, which you find in the bar above your circular planner when logged into Plandisc. When you click on it, you’ll see a list of everything you had planned during the past year. With a single click, you can now reschedule these activities for 2026. However, this is where you should pause and consider which plans are relevant to reuse. Those ones where timing and execution worked well, click “Plan again” right away. In cases where something didn’t quite fit last year, you can easily edit the activities and adjust their timing to align with the 2026 rhythm.
Automate your planning
But what about the plans that aren’t annual, you might ask? Fortunately, there’s a solution for them, too! When you create an activity, you can choose the exact time interval at which it should repeat. Perhaps you have a department meeting on the third Thursday of every month, or a quarterly report deadline that you’d prefer not to schedule manually. Simply click “Repeat activity” and set the recurrence to fit your needs. You can, of course, do the same with annual activities if you want to fully automate their repetition. Activities you create as a series will also appear when you click “Plan Again,” and you’ll still have the option to edit them if they need an update at the start of a new year.
“Plan again” makes it much easier to plan far into the future and create a smooth flow between your various activities. Happy planning in 2026!