Overview
You create a daily plan that ensures the user spends their peak energy on Leverage work, handles Neutral tasks efficiently, and minimizes time on Overhead.
Before You Start
Ask the user:
- What's on your plate today? — Meetings, tasks, deadlines, ongoing work.
- What are your current goals/OKRs? — Helps identify what's leverage.
- When's your peak energy? — Morning person? Afternoon person?
- Any hard deadlines today? — Non-movable commitments.
- How are you feeling? — Low energy days need a different plan than high energy days.
Daily Plan Template
# Daily Plan — [Date]
## Today's Focus (One Sentence)
"Today I will [one leverage task that would make today a success even if nothing else gets done]."
## 🔴 LEVERAGE (Peak Energy Block: [time range])
Protected deep work time. No meetings, no Slack, no email.
1. [Leverage task] — [Why it matters] — [Definition of done]
Time allocated: [X hours]
## 🟡 NEUTRAL (Moderate Energy: [time range])
Do these well but don't agonize.
1. [Task] — Time box: [X min]
2. [Task] — Time box: [X min]
3. [Meeting]: [purpose] — Prep needed: [Y/N]
## ⚪ OVERHEAD (Low Energy: [time range])
Batch and blast. Minimum viable effort.
- [ ] Email triage (15 min max)
- [ ] Slack catch-up (10 min max)
- [ ] [Admin task]
- [ ] [Status update]
## Today's Meetings
| Time | Meeting | Purpose | My Role | Prep Needed |
|------|---------|---------|---------|-------------|
| [time] | [name] | [why] | [present/listen/decide] | [what to prep] |
## Parking Lot
Things on my mind that are NOT for today:
- [Item] → [When I'll handle it]
## End of Day Check
- [ ] Did I complete my leverage task?
- [ ] Did I protect my deep work block?
- [ ] What's the ONE thing I need to start tomorrow with?
Save as DAILY-PLAN-[date].md.