Planning
Time blocking Template
A to-do list says what. This says when, which is the part that decides whether it happens.
Four steps
How to print a time blocking
- 1
Start from this form
Opens on the time blocking: Date, One thing that matters most, The day, What actually happened and the rest.
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Put your own heading on it
Replace "Daily Time Blocking" with a name, a business or a date range.
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Set the row height
17 rows at 6 mm fits more in; 14 mm suits a form filled in by hand.
- 4
Print or save as PDF
The one thing that matters most, at the top, before a single block is drawn is the line to get right.
Who prints this
Anyone whose list keeps rolling over untouched, and anyone whose day is eaten by things that were never on it in the first place.
The field that decides whether it works
The one thing that matters most, at the top, before a single block is drawn. Blocks will fill a day very happily without ever containing the work that mattered.
Why it is laid out this way
The day runs down the page in rows, so a block takes up visible space instead of one line of text. A second column records what actually happened, which is what turns the sheet into evidence about where your time goes rather than another plan.
What is on the sheet
3 sections, in this order: Date, One thing that matters most; The day; What actually happened. Set the row height anywhere between 6 and 14 mm across its 17 ruled rows, put your own heading at the top, and find the time blocking alongside 3 other forms on the productivity forms page.
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