Three Things Today
Three slots, each with a first-physical-step line, and a parking lot for everything that is not today.
Download PDF →Free printable templates — with the limit built in.
Six PDFs. No email, no account, no watermark. They are deliberately not the usual grid of forty blank rows: each one caps what you can put in flight, because a template that is very good at collecting tasks and useless at finishing them is how you ended up looking for a new one.
To-do list templates
Three ways to write a list that does not quietly grow forever. See all three and how to use them →
WIP-limited list
To do, Doing, Done — with the middle column capped at three. A personal kanban on one page.
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Simple to-do list
A clean checklist, with three marked out at the top before the rest.
Download PDF →Daily schedule & planner templates
Time blocking that survives an interrupted day. See all three and how to time block →
Hourly schedule
One-hour blocks, 6am to 10pm, with three task slots above the grid. The default.
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30-minute schedule
Half-hour increments, 7am to 9pm. For days made of appointments, not deep work.
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Daily planner
Schedule left; three priorities, parking lot and notes right. Print this one if you print one.
Download PDF →Frequently asked
Do I have to give an email address?
No. No signup, no account, no email gate — every template is a direct PDF link. Nothing is tracked to you personally and there is no watermark.
Can I use these at work or in a classroom?
Yes. Print and share them freely for personal, team or classroom use. Just don't resell them or strip the footer and pass them off as your own.
What paper size are they?
US Letter (8.5 × 11in), portrait. They print correctly on A4 with "fit to page" set. Hairline rules and no heavy fills, so they're cheap on ink and readable from a black-and-white office printer.
Why does everything have a limit?
Because the uncapped list is the thing that stopped working. Capping what's active forces the prioritising decision early, while you still have the judgement to make it. Everything you're not doing today still gets written down — it goes in the parking lot, and that's what makes the limit survivable rather than just strict. More on that in why your to-do list keeps growing.
Paper enforces the limit. It just can't remember.
Running out of boxes is an honest constraint — that's why these work. What paper can't do is carry yesterday forward, tell you a task has been sitting for eleven days, or stop you quietly starting a fourth thing. Zoro is a single-player kanban for iPhone and Mac built on the same idea, with the memory attached. Free with unlimited tasks and iCloud sync; Pro is $2.99/mo, $19.99/yr, or $59.99 once.
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