Create Plans

Plans are the core of timeboxing in Dayopt. A Plan is something you intend to do — a meeting, a focused work session, an errand. You put it on the calendar first, so you can see how your day is spent.

Creating a Plan

There are four ways to create a Plan.

Selecting a time range opens the Inspector. Choose an activity to save the timeblock. Closing it before choosing an activity leaves nothing saved.

Editing a Plan

Click a Plan on the calendar to open the Inspector. You can edit these fields:

• Date — move the Plan to a different date
• Time — adjust the start and end (duration is shown automatically)
• Activity — one activity per timeblock
• Note — write down what the Plan is about

Inside the Inspector, use ↑ / k and ↓ / j to move between timeblocks. Press Escape to close it.

Check recent actuals before setting the length

Pick an activity and a line appears directly above the date and time fields — "Recent actuals for this activity are around 45m". It lets you see how long this thing usually takes before you commit to a time.

The figure is your recorded time over the last four weeks divided by your elapsed planned time over the same period, applied to the length you are currently drafting, and rounded to 5 minutes.

• It only appears while the end time is in the future. Moving an existing Plan's end into the past hides the hint, but the Plan stays a Plan
• If the activity has fewer than three started Plans in the last four weeks, nothing is shown

Drag and Drop

• Move — drag a Plan to a different time slot
• Resize — drag the bottom edge to change the end time

Press Escape during a drag to cancel.

Adding an Activity to a Plan

Each Plan takes one activity. Sort your time by how you spend it — "Deep work", "Meeting", "Admin" — and you can see where the hours went when you review.

A timeblock holds one activity. You cannot add more than one.

Recording time from a Plan

Use "Record as-is" to copy an ended Plan's activity, times, and note into a new, independent Record. The Plan stays unchanged. Moving or deleting either one leaves the other alone.

The Plan Inspector lists "Records during this time" for the same activity with at least 15 minutes of overlap. This is time context, not a completion status. If you move a Record away and its old time becomes free, you can copy the Plan again.

Duplicating a Plan

Open the Inspector menu and select "Duplicate" to create another Plan with the same activity, note, and duration.

Using the sidebar

The sidebar is where you switch views (day, several days, week), and filter which categories and activities are shown.

Keyboard Shortcuts

On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl instead of Cmd. Press Shift+? to see the full list.

Next Steps

1. What is Dayopt? — how plans, records, and review fit together