The planner is your own day, week and month, from today to the end of next month. Drag the tasks assigned to you onto a time to decide when you'll do them, see your Google Calendar or Outlook meetings alongside, and tick each one off as you finish. Planning a task doesn't change its due date: the due date is the deadline, and the planner is when you mean to do the work.
Open the planner
Choose Planner in the sidebar.
- Switch between Day, Week and Month at the top. On a phone, the planner shows one day at a time.
- In the day view, choose Today, or the arrows to move a day at a time. In the week view, the arrows move a week at a time.
- The month view shows this month on a calendar, with up to three things on each day. Use the arrows to see next month. Choose a date, or + more, to open that day.
The Unscheduled tray beside the grid lists the tasks you haven't planned yet, soonest due first.
Plan a task
- Find the task in the Unscheduled tray, on the Assigned to you tab.
- Drag it onto a time. It's planned for 1 hour to start with.
- To change how long, drag the bottom edge of the block. To move it, drag the block.
Drop a task on a day's heading, or on a day in the month view, to put it in the first free gap that day, around what's already planned and your meetings.
Times snap to 15 minutes.
Pick up an unassigned task
The Unassigned tab lists open tasks nobody has taken on. Drag one onto the planner to plan it, and it's assigned to you at the same time.
You can only pick up a task you're allowed to edit. See Tasks.
Create a task on the planner
- Press and drag down an empty part of a day to draw the time, then fill in the task.
- Or choose New task at the top. It starts in today's first free hour.
Give it a Title, and check the Day, Start and Length. You can also set Repeat. Choose Create task. The task is assigned to you and already planned. It must end by midnight.
Finish a task or take it off the planner
- To tick a task off, change its stage with the button on its block.
- To take a task off the planner, drag it back to the tray, or open the block's Task actions menu and choose Remove from schedule.
- Choose Open task from the same menu to see the whole task.
Blocks that have finished, and done tasks, are greyed out. When you tick off the last thing planned for today, you'll see Planner complete for today.
Catch up on missed slots
A task you planned for an earlier day but didn't finish shows under Reschedule at the top of the tray. Drag it onto the planner to plan it again, or onto the tray to clear its old slot.
See your meetings
Connect Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar to see your meetings on the planner. If you haven't connected one, choose Connect calendar at the top of the planner, then Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar. For more, including which calendars to show, see Integrations.
- Timed meetings sit in the grid beside your tasks. All-day events sit in a row under the day headings.
- Choose a meeting to see its details. From there you can Join a video call, Mark done, or open it in Google Calendar or Outlook.
- Meetings can't be dragged. Change them in your calendar.
If Google or Microsoft stops letting 53° read your calendar, the button changes to Reconnect Google Calendar or Reconnect Outlook Calendar.
Good to know
- Only you see your planner, and only you can plan tasks assigned to you. Reassigning a task clears its planned time.
- The planner reads your calendar. It doesn't create or change your meetings.
- You can also send your planned tasks to a 53 Degrees calendar in Google or Outlook, and keep the two in step. Turn this on under Planned tasks in your calendar in your integrations. See Integrations.
- Moving blocks around isn't recorded in the activity log.
- Mission Control dates you can see, such as a cycle's midpoint check and rest and review, show as all-day entries.
- The Today card on your dashboard shows what's on now and next from your plan. Choose Plan your day to get started.