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Free daily planner template you can copy today
This daily planner template has five parts: a quick brain dump, a top three, four parts of the day, a short note on energy, and a done list. Copy it onto paper or into an app and fill it in each morning in under five minutes.
- Five parts are enough for most days.
- Parts of the day bend more easily than hour by hour slots.
- A done list shows progress a to do list hides.
The template
- Brain dump: everything on your mind, unsorted.
- Top three: what would make today good.
- Morning: one important task, then the rest.
- Afternoon: meetings, errands, lighter work.
- Evening: home, rest, prep for tomorrow.
- Anytime: small tasks with no set time.
- Energy today: low, okay or high.
- Done: anything you finished, planned or not.
How to fill it in
- Start with the brain dump. Two minutes, no sorting.
- Pick your top three from it.
- Place each top three task in a part of the day.
- Add the rest to Anytime, or move them to another day.
- Check your energy and cut the plan down if it is low.
Why parts of the day work
Hour by hour plans collapse when one thing runs late. Morning, Afternoon and Evening give tasks a home without a fixed time, so the plan bends instead of breaking. If you like more structure, try time blocking for one part of the day only.
Taskling's Today screen is this template: Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Anytime, with Sprig turning your brain dump into tasks and a progress count instead of a done list. See the visual daily planner.
Quick answers
What should a daily planner include?
A short brain dump, a top three, parts of the day for timing, and somewhere to note what you finished.
Is a printable or digital planner better?
Whichever you will actually open every day. Digital is easier to carry and reorder.
