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Plan the day and the week
See weekly planning templatesOne list sorted by when: today, this week, later, and what you are waiting on, with the three that matter today flagged.
5 sections, 10 tasksThe week on one list: three goals at the top, a short list under each day, and a look back on Friday.
7 sections, 15 tasksPlan tomorrow as blocks of time with a start and a length, so every task has a place on the clock.
3 sections, 9 tasksYour top three for today as a checklist, then the schedule, the smaller jobs, notes and a two-line look back.
5 headingsOne goal as a dated plan: the goal with a number and a date, why it matters, three milestones, this week's steps and a Sunday check-in.
4 sections, 10 tasksSort every task by urgent and important into four sections: do it now, schedule it, hand it off, or drop it.
5 sections, 8 tasksEmpty your head onto one list in ten minutes, then sort it: today, this week, calls, errands, ideas, and what is on your mind.
7 sections, 10 tasksOne goal broken into dated steps, with what you need, what could go wrong, and a check on progress every Friday.
5 sections, 14 tasksA board for everything you said you would do: each one a verb and a date, with where it came from and who is waiting.
4 sections, 6 tasks
Project templates
See all 118 project templatesEight weeks to move day and one week after: notice, movers, packing room by room, address changes and utilities.
5 sections, 31 tasksDocuments, money, packing and the home you leave behind, for any trip, counted back from the day you go.
5 sections, 19 tasksPlan the week's meals on Friday, shop on Saturday and batch-cook on Sunday so weeknights need no thinking.
3 sections, 20 tasksThe Getting Things Done weekly review as one repeating task: get clear, get current, look ahead.
15 tasksFour weeks of revision by topic, past papers in the last week, and the exam-day list.
4 sections, 13 tasksDesign, permits, contractor, the build, the snag list: a renovation from brief to handover.
4 sections, 19 tasks
Routine templates
See all 47 routine packsThe same wake-up time daily, morning light, coffee before two, worries on paper, a wind-down hour, the phone outside.
6 routinesA glass on waking, one before each meal, a bottle that goes everywhere, a count at six, tomorrow's bottle filled.
6 routinesThree run-walks a week, two short strength sessions, runs booked on Sunday, a monthly time trial, shoes checked.
5 routinesAir-con filters, the smoke alarm, the water heater, pest check, insurance: on their cycles.
6 routinesLog spending daily, check the budget weekly, move savings on pay day, write the net worth monthly.
9 routinesA lie-in, a slow breakfast, a look back at the week, an hour that is just for you, food ready for Monday, an early night.
6 routines
Note templates
See all 4 note templatesAttendees, notes, decisions and action items, with the actions as a checklist you tick off.
4 headingsYour top three for today as a checklist, then the schedule, the smaller jobs, notes and a two-line look back.
5 headingsThe question first, then every idea unfiltered, then the few worth pursuing as tasks.
3 headingsWhat was decided, why, what else was considered, and when to look at it again.
4 headings