Getting your week right is all about keeping your eye on more important things despite the numerous obstacles and distractions that appear in your day-to-day. When something else comes up? You either push it to the day it belongs on or gets it done and then immediately return back to the focus at hand.

Now, having a general focus for the day doesn’t mean eschewing your daily responsibilities for the sake of that single theme (stuff comes up!). Instead, it reminds you that there’s a whole lot more to your career than the daily emails, drawn out meetings, and endless conference calls—and helps you redirect to the important things.

Here are three ways to plan your week for maximum impact:

Improving Work Relationships

Whether you’re an executive or a recent grad working his first entry-level job, everyone can benefit from getting to know the people who work around them. Spend one day a week purposely trying to reach out to your colleagues and get to know them better on both a professional and a personal level.
Some examples? Offer to help your office mate with that project she’s been tackling all week. You’d be surprised at how big of a difference it makes in company culture and your own personal day-to-day life.

Get Organized

Spend one day a week organizing some part of your professional life. Clean out that bottom desk drawer, or reconfigure the various folders on your email account to get rid of cyber-clutter.
Additionally, the nice thing about using organization as a theme is that you can make your pact to get organized as big or small as you want depending on the type of work week you’re having. If you’re in the midst of your office’s busy season, just focus on getting rid of all the trash on your desk instead of tackling the stack of hundreds of miscellaneous papers next to your chair.
Remember: Every little bit counts.

Focus on Building Your Personal Brand

Trying to build your personal brand can seem like a daunting and endless task filled with obsessive tweeting and hours upon hours of coding your personal website, but it really doesn’t have to be.
Carve out one day a week to take a step in the right personal branding direction. This could mean following 10 awesome influencers on LinkedIn, interacting with at least five other professionals on Twitter, heading to a networking event so you can strut your stuff, or even learning a new skill that could help you moving forward.

Oh, and another important part of keeping yourself sane and productive? Take time off.