Planning template
Daily planner
Plan a single day with top priorities, an hour by hour schedule, a to do list and notes. Progress fills in as you tick things off.
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Everything is a normal workbook once you open it: change the numbers, rename the sheets and make it yours.
1 sheet
- Today
17 formulasTotals, lookups and checks are already worked out, so the sheet updates as you type. 76 filled cells in all.
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- Conditional formatting
- Checkboxes
- Live dates
- 4 conditional format rules
- 2 validation rules
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daily planner | |||||||
| 2 | Change the date, then plan the day. Tick boxes as you go. | |||||||
| 3 | Date | Friday, November 13, 2026 | 1 days ago | |||||
| 4 | ||||||||
| 5 | Schedule | Top 3 priorities | ||||||
| 6 | Time | Plan | Done | Priority | ||||
| 7 | 7:00 AM | Morning run | TRUE | Send the quarterly update | ||||
| 8 | 8:00 AM | Breakfast and email | FALSE | Book flights for the conference | ||||
| 9 | 9:00 AM | Standup | FALSE | Call the landlord about the lease | ||||
| 10 | 10:00 AM | Write the quarterly update | ||||||
| 11 | 11:00 AM | To do | ||||||
| 12 | 12:00 PM | Lunch with Rory | Done | Task | Minutes | |||
- planner
- daily
- productivity
- to do
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