Emergent Task Planner (Free version) 2010 Updates

Plan your day as it happens

The Emergent Task Planner (or ETP) is a Daily Planning Sheet that provides a way for you to lightly structure your day. By helping you visualize the time you have, you can get a sense of just how much work you can get done done. The ETP borrows some of the task planning methodology from the Task Progress Tracker to reinforce one idea: it's hard to get anything done on purpose when there are so many distractions. The ETP provides space for noting down the unexpected while keeping your big-picture tasks in view.

The 2010 edition is based on last year's pre-printed pad design, which is now available on Amazon.com for ordering. The free downloadable versions are available in black and white, blue, and green, in both US Letter (8.5x11) and International A4 sizes.

If you have any other form variation requests or miss an older version, let me know and I'll dig it up for you.

Download 2010 Emergent Task Planner Printable Forms

8.5 x 11 inch Letter

• Emergent Task Planner US Letter Black and White
• Emergent Task Planner US Letter Blue
• Emergent Task Planner US Letter Green

A4 International

• Emergent Task Planner A4 Black and White
• Emergent Task Planner A4 Blue
• Emergent Task Planner A4 Green

For information about the Emergent Task Planner, the original post describes each design feature in greater detail.

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Comments

This is a great idea I’ll have to give a shot at for the new year.  Any chance at getting the source file posted?  I’d like to be able to shift the start/midday/late an hour or two down the schedule to match my workday better.  Either that or could you post a version without the shading and labels so we can set our own hours.

Thanks for all the great ideas and tools!
Brian

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the update! I’m still using your ETP allmost daily. Keep up the good work!

Greetings from The Netherlands and a happy new year!

I really love this! I’ve been using the Emergent Task Planner every day for about 6 months and here I am, looking for the 2010 update. Very useful!

I work a lot from home and a good day planning is very important to avoid wasting time, so I looked around for some elegant solution to this problem. Didn’t like the idea of using a software, I already spend most of my day in front of a screen, so I did like the idea of some “old school” hand writing… ;)

Thank you so much for a nice little tool.

Daniele

Thanks for these, Dave! One note—the links above for the Letter size all seem to open the black and white version.

Thanks again.

Never mind. They just look black and white in Preview, but they’re printing fine. Weird.

David,

I came to know about you through lifehacker and I was very much impressed by your ETP. It would be great if you could post a sample form how to use it effectively, as you have done it in the ‘original post’.

David,

I’m just getting into looking at your productivity stuff and it’s fantastic. I was wondering if it would be possible to switch the “what else is going on today?” section back to a blank box instead of the dots?

Love the stuff! I’m looking at the amazon store too, but the dots are there as well :(

Hi David, Thanks for doing these, I’ve been using them for a year and a half and they are great!  I like how the 2010 version ETP-3HO2US has a bit more space beside each hour, I make a lot of notes in that spot and there wasn’t quite enough space on the older form I was using.  I am missing a couple of things about the EPT01-090101 version I was previously using though. I love having the day of the week option to circle, and also the variation between the hourly times (e.g. orange lunch). Thanks again!

Hi David,

I’ve been using ETP since the beginning, so I’m clearly a fan!

I like some of the tweaks you’ve made to the language this year.

I miss:
* Multiple colors on the page (2007 version)
* Open, unnumbered space under “What Else…?”

Thanks for asking!

Great work David.  Beautiful as always.

I just found these forms this year and love them, they are helping this ADHD on track, thank you for putting these together.  I do have one request,  would it be possible to make the PDF into a form that I can complete IN adobe (since the PDF is secured)?  That would help to keep me as paperless as possible! Thank you, you’ve been a life saver!

I have always struggled with time management. I stumbled across this and boy am I grateful. I’m currently using your forms and know what? I’m ACTUALLY being productive. It’s really helping me stay on task. While it’s close to perfection (for someone like me) I’m still getting myself tweaked for the other 5% that’s not normally how I think.

Thank you, Thank you!

Hey Dave,

Thanks for the updated ETP. I have a couple requests (much like the rest of the world). Please bring back the multi-color, the ability to circle the day of the week, and the 30 minute boxes.
I, unlike everyone else, seem to like the dots in the white box but I do miss the 30 min boxes and the different colors for lunch and dinner.

Anyway, keep up the good work!

Thanks for this!
Been using everyday for over 2 years now! Invaluable tool. I need a weekly version, is there one on here? Searching ...

Dave,

Thanks for your response! Personally, the dots for me seem to stifle that section. I know we’re talking about organization and planning, but I’m a bit of a creative type and having a defined open space lets me doodle notes or diagrams that I need. Also, my writing form varies depending on the day, and sometimes it’s quite a bit smaller than those lines indicated. An open space lets me write however small or large I need without visual interference from numbered, dotted lines.

Maybe it’s me, but the letter ones, even though they are named differently, all open up green.

Nice work! I only wanted you to know that I’d buy a pad if it shipped to germany