Plan your day

What is daily planning?

Daily planning is a guided flow that helps you decide what to focus on each day. You choose which tasks to tackle, assign them to time-of-day slots, and optionally highlight the single most important task. It turns a long task list into a focused, manageable plan.

How to plan your day

1. Open the Today tab.
2. Tap Plan your day.
3. You will see your existing tasks that are due today or already scheduled. You can also browse and add other tasks from your lists.
4. For each task, assign it to a time-of-day slot:
   • All day — No specific time; just needs doing today.
   • Morning — 6:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
   • Afternoon — 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM.
   • Evening — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
   • Night — 9:00 PM to 6:00 AM.
5. Tap Done to save your plan.

Adding tasks to your plan

You can add tasks to your plan in several ways:

• Select existing tasks — Browse your task list and tap tasks to include them in today's plan.
• Create a new task — Tap the + button within a time slot to create a task that is automatically scheduled for that time of day.

Tasks added from the planning screen are given a start date and time matching the selected slot.

Highlighting your most important task

Each day, you can mark one task as your highlight — the single most important thing you want to accomplish. Highlighted tasks are displayed with a star icon and a distinct background, making them stand out in the Today view.

To highlight a task, tap the star icon next to it during planning (or from the task detail screen).

You can only highlight one task per day. If you highlight a different task, the previous one loses its highlight.

Reordering tasks

Long-press a task in the planning view to drag and drop it. You can reorder tasks within a time slot or move them between slots. When you move a task to a different time-of-day slot, its start time is updated automatically.

Daily planning notification

By default, Do Everything sends a notification at 8:00 AM each day to remind you to plan your day. The notification is intelligently timed to avoid clashing with any task reminders you already have set.

You can turn this notification off in Settings.

Planning streaks

Do Everything tracks how many consecutive days you complete your daily planning. Your current streak and longest streak are recorded, giving you a gentle nudge to keep the habit going.

Weekly planning

With Do Everything PRO, you can also plan your entire week ahead. Weekly planning works the same way as daily planning but lets you schedule tasks across multiple days at once.