How to Use Today's Tasks
The page at Today's Tasks is the same list as before: High Priority, Due Today, and General. Each calendar day keeps its own lines in this browser, and the month calendar opens any day. English and 中文 are a switch at the top. Nothing in the list is uploaded, and there is no account.
Getting Started
Today's Tasks is designed to be simple and intuitive. No registration is required—just open the website and start organizing your day in seconds. Your tasks are saved directly in your browser’s LocalStorage, which means they never leave your device.
Adding Tasks
Type one line, choose High Priority, Due Today, or General, then click Add Task (中文介面係「加入」). The line lands on the date shown above the input. Use the arrows, the date field, or the month grid to open another day.
Organizing Priorities
Use the three lanes for any kind of day. High Priority is the short list that has to happen. Due Today is work that is actually due. General is everything else. A meeting, a site visit, or a support job is just a line in one of those lanes.
If something is still open at the end of the day, leave it unticked. Next morning, press “Bring unfinished from the previous day” (中文：「由上一日帶未完成」). It copies unfinished lines onto the new date and does not remove yesterday.
Completing and Restoring
Click the check to mark a line done. It stays on that date, crossed out. Click the arrow to mark it open again, or the cross to delete it.
Each day is kept
After midnight the page opens on the new date. Yesterday is still on the calendar, and earlier months stay in this browser. Use the month grid to read them, or copy unfinished lines forward.
Pro Tips (Make It Stick)
- Start with a daily intention. One sentence that defines success for today.
- Batch admin work. Keep email and errands to one or two windows per day.
- Use short, named blocks. e.g., “Draft client email (25 min)”.
- Plan the next step, not the entire project. Every task should be completable in one sitting.
- Close with a 2-minute review. Move items forward and tee up tomorrow’s top three.
A real morning, end to end
Abstractions get fuzzy fast, so here is exactly what an average Tuesday looks like for me using Today's Tasks. Times are real, not aspirational.
07:40 — I open my laptop and the browser. Today's Tasks is one of three pinned tabs. It opens on today. Yesterday is still on the calendar if I need it.
07:41 — I type the three things I actually need to finish today, in plain language. Not "marketing project Q3" — that's a folder, not a task. The actual tasks today: "Draft launch-day Slack note (4 bullets)," "Reply to N. with revised contract terms," "Push the Tuesday newsletter to Buttondown." All three go into High Priority. That's the cap.
07:43 — Two more things go into Due Today: "Expense report for last week's contractor invoice," "Buy birthday card for D." They are due, but they are not high-priority — getting them done is one short hop, not a focused work block.
07:45 — General gets two items I want to keep in front of me without committing to today: "Sketch outline for next pillar guide," "Look at three competing comparison articles for the time-blocking page." General is the lane I forgive myself for not finishing.
11:15 — Halfway through the morning I check the list. Two High items are done. The third one — the launch-day Slack note — has been sitting unmoved for three hours. I do the demote-freely move I described above: I move it to General, write the actual next sub-step ("decide on the order of the four bullets") in Due Today, and immediately knock that out. The original block of inertia evaporates.
17:30 — End of day. I look at what's still uncompleted. Anything in High that I didn't finish gets one honest sentence in my head: "is this still High, or am I just used to seeing it there?" Most of the time it gets demoted. Tomorrow opens as its own day. Today stays on the calendar. Anything still open, I bring forward or leave on today as the record.
Two anti-patterns to avoid
Most failures I've seen with this kind of list happen because someone is fighting the constraint instead of using it. The two big ones:
1. Treating High Priority as an inbox
If High has nine items, you don't have a priority list — you have a regular list with a colour change. The constraint of three (or four, on the world's worst Wednesday) is what makes the lane do its job. If you find yourself wanting to add a tenth, that's the moment to ask which of the existing items is actually a "today" thing.
2. Re-adding the same untouched task for five days running
If the same line is still open after five mornings, the task is wrong. Usually it's too big ("Write the Q3 report"), too vague ("Think about the redesign"), or it's a task whose actual blocker is somebody else. Don't keep bringing it forward. Either break it into a concrete next step, schedule a 30-minute block to do it, or accept that you aren't going to do it and remove it.
FAQ
Do I need an account?
No. Everything runs locally in your browser (LocalStorage). Nothing is sent to our servers.
Will I lose my list?
No. Each date keeps its own lines. After midnight the page opens on the new date; use the date control to read yesterday, or copy unfinished lines forward.
Can I use it on mobile?
Yes. The layout is responsive for phones and desktops.