Digital Priority Day Planner + Task List
This Priority Matrix Day Planner and Task List will help you get organized and ensure you’re focused on those important and urgent tasks. This template is perfect for people who want a lightly structured planner and task list. This is the digitally editable Google Docs version. (We also have a printable PDF Priority Day Planner designed for paper thinkers.)
What It Is
The Priority Matrix (aka Eisenhower Matrix) uses four quadrants to help you sort your tasks by importance and urgency. Using this matrix as part of your daily planning ensures that you are tackling the highest priority items first. It also helps you recognize when you are falling into the ‘urgency trap’ - where you focus on things that are noisy and feel very urgent, but perhaps are not actually that important.
We’ve incorporated the Priority Matrix into a Day Planner printable so you can make it part of your daily workflow. The Priority Day Planner sheet includes space for your day’s agenda, notes and of course your tasks for the day.
But tasks don’t just show up on the day you need to tackle them, so to accompany the Priority Day Planner we’ve included a Main Task List template. This template gives you somewhere to get all your tasks out of your head. Jot items down on the Main Task List as they come up and reference the list when you are filling in your Day Planner.
Why It's Great
Planning out your day helps you be more efficient and effective. Spending 5-10 mins planning out your day ensures you have a clear idea of what you want to achieve and how your day is going to go. This helps you make better choices about where to put your time each day.
Use this printable to get control of your tasks and actively prioritize them so you know you’re focusing on the most important and urgent tasks.
Reviewing your agenda and noting down key information that will impact your day’s goals enables you to be better prepared.
Use the Main Task List to keep track of all your tasks and get them out of your head.
The Google Docs template is digitally editable and easy to use. If you like the idea of PDF printables, but don’t like hand-writing this template is for you!
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Organize your day using the Priority Matrix (aka Eisenhower Matrix) and ensure you’re focused on those important and urgent tasks. Designed for paper-thinkers, this is perfect for people who want a lightly structured planner and task list.
Best for smaller teams who want to work together in one task tracking sheet. A full featured template that promotes team collaboration and transparency. Each individual has their own task list. All tasks are combined into an All-Task list as well as the Four-week planning view.
