Plan my day and prioritise tasks

This prompt acts as a productivity coach. You paste your to-do list, your free hours and fixed commitments, and it sorts tasks into Do now, Schedule, Delegate and Drop, then builds a schedule.

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Act as a productivity coach. Here is my to-do list for today:
[PASTE YOUR TASKS]

I'm free from [START TIME] to [END TIME]. Fixed commitments: [MEETINGS / CLASSES].

Sort the tasks into Do now / Schedule / Delegate / Drop. Then build a time-blocked schedule with short breaks, putting the hardest task in my first focus block. Flag anything that won't realistically fit.

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Do this the night before — you'll start the day already knowing your first task.

Get a better result

What you will get

Your tasks sorted into Do now, Schedule, Delegate and Drop, then a time-blocked schedule with short breaks, the hardest task in your first focus block, and a flag on anything that will not fit.

Common mistake

The schedule has no room for the unexpected.

Fix: Add “leave a 30-minute buffer in the middle and another in the late afternoon”. A full plan breaks at the first interruption.

Also watch for

Task sizes are guessed, so the blocks are too short. Put an estimate next to each task, such as “report, 90 min”. Your own estimates beat the AI’s guess.
Everything lands in Do now. Reply “only three tasks may be in Do now; move the rest to Schedule or Drop and tell me why”. A limit forces choices.

Try a variation: evening shutdown

Add “end with a five-minute shutdown: what I finished, and the first task for tomorrow”. It sets up the next day with a clear first task.

Still not right? Reply with this

Limit Do now to three tasks. Add a 30-minute buffer, use my time estimates, and tell me what you dropped and why.