Daily Planner
Block out your day hour by hour, pick your top 3 priorities and keep a to-do list and notes, all on one page. Every date is saved automatically in your browser and prints as a clean one-page planner.
Schedule
Top 3 priorities
To-do
Saved automatically in this browser for each date. Nothing is uploaded.
How to use the Daily Planner
- Pick the date with the arrows or the date box. Today opens by default.
- Set your day: choose the start and end hour and 30 or 60 minute slots.
- Write your top 3 priorities, then block time for them in the schedule.
- Add tasks with a priority and tick them off as you go; add notes on the right.
- Print planner for a paper copy, or Copy as text to paste it into an email or chat. Everything saves automatically.
How to plan your day with time blocking
- Start with outcomes: write your top 3 priorities before looking at email or messages. Ask "if I only got these done, would today be a good day?"
- Block the big rocks first: give your priorities the hours when your energy is highest – for most people that is the first half of the morning.
- Add fixed commitments: meetings, appointments, school runs and travel.
- Batch the small stuff: group email, calls and admin into one or two blocks rather than spreading them through the day.
- Leave buffers: keep about 20% of the day unplanned. Tasks usually take longer than expected.
- Review at the end of the day: tick off what is done, then use Carry over tomorrow to move unfinished tasks forward.
Example time-blocked day
| Time | Block | Why |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Plan the day, top 3 priorities | Decide before reacting to others' requests |
| 8:30 – 10:30 | Deep work on priority #1 | Peak focus, no meetings or notifications |
| 10:30 | Email and messages | Batched communication |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Priority #2 | Second focus block |
| 12:00 | Lunch and a walk | Real break to recharge |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Meetings and calls | Lower-energy afternoon suits collaboration |
| 15:00 | Priority #3 or admin | Finish the list |
| 16:30 | Review and plan tomorrow | Close open loops |
Pair the planner with the Pomodoro Timer to work through each block in focused 25-minute sprints, and keep long-running lists in the To Do List or a Kanban Board.
Prioritising tasks: high, medium or low?
A simple way to set priority is the Eisenhower matrix: tasks that are important and urgent are high priority and go in today's schedule; important but not urgent tasks (planning, learning, health) deserve protected blocks before they become urgent; urgent but not important tasks are medium – batch them or delegate them; and tasks that are neither are low priority or can be dropped. Click a task's priority badge to cycle it between High, Medium and Low; the list sorts itself with open, high-priority tasks at the top.
Frequently asked questions
What is time blocking?
Time blocking means giving every part of your day a job: you schedule tasks into specific blocks of time instead of working from an open-ended list. It makes you estimate how long things take, protects time for important work and reduces switching between tasks.
Why only three priorities?
Limiting yourself to three most important tasks forces a decision about what really matters today. If you finish them, the day was a success even if smaller tasks slip. Many productivity methods use the same idea, such as the Most Important Tasks (MITs) approach.
Where are my plans saved?
Each date is saved automatically in your browser's local storage on this device. Nothing is uploaded, so plans do not sync between devices. Clearing browser data removes them; print or copy a day if you need a backup.
Can I print the planner?
Yes. Press Print planner to get a clean one-page layout with your date, priorities, schedule, tasks and notes, without buttons or the rest of the website. You can also save it as a PDF from the print dialog.
What does Carry over do?
It copies every unfinished task from the previous day's plan into the current day, skipping tasks that are already on the list, so nothing falls through the cracks.
Should I use 30 or 60 minute slots?
60-minute blocks are easier to keep up with and suit days with long tasks. 30-minute blocks are better for busy days with meetings, calls and short tasks. You can switch at any time without losing what you wrote.