How to use it
- Set Working day from and until; the timeline shows that window.
- Choose a Start time and a Length, type what the block is for and pick its Kind, then press Add block. The next start time moves to the end of the latest block.
- Change a block’s time, length (in minutes), title or kind in the list under the timeline.
- Check the totals of planned and free time, and fix any overlaps.
- Press Print for a one-page plan of the day.
How it works
Each block is a start time and a length in minutes, kept between 00:00 and 24:00. On the timeline its position and height are the start and length as a share of the working window. Blocks that overlap are placed in side-by-side columns: each takes the first column that is free at its start.
Planned time counts each minute of the working window once, however many blocks cover it. Free time is the working window minus planned time.
Example
A working day from 08:00 to 18:00 is 600 minutes. Blocks: Standup 09:00–09:30 (meeting), Report 09:30–11:30 (focus), Lunch 12:00–13:00 (break), Email 13:00–13:30 (admin). Planned time is 30 + 120 + 60 + 30 = 240 minutes, 4 h; free time is 6 h.
If you add a call from 10:00 to 11:00, it overlaps the Report block: both are marked and drawn side by side. Planned time stays 4 h, because 10:00–11:00 was already covered, while Focus shows 2 h and Meeting 1 h 30 min.
Tips
- Put focus blocks in the hours you think best, usually the morning, and keep them 60–120 minutes long.
- Leave 10–20 % of the day free for surprises; a plan with no slack breaks at the first interruption.
- Batch email and messages into one or two admin blocks instead of checking all day.