Master the building blocks that make Inertia Planner powerful
Different types of items for different purposes
Single actions to complete. The building blocks of projects and daily work.
Recurring activities you want to maintain, increase, or decrease over time.
Fixed-schedule recurring activities that happen at specific times.
Tasks, habits, and routines created directly on the Planner's 'All Items' page.
Major checkpoints within projects. Groups of related tasks.
Life mode objectives that combine multiple projects and habits.
Student mode courses with assignments, exams, and study sessions.
Assignments, homework, and test prep within specific classes.
Organize your life into meaningful areas
Professional tasks and career goals
Education, skill development, and knowledge
Relationships, family, and community
Physical and mental wellness activities
Money management and financial goals
Personal development and hobbies
Relaxation, sleep, and downtime
Miscellaneous activities (default)
Create time blocks where only certain categories can be scheduled (coming soon)
AI considers categories when creating optimal schedules (coming soon)
Focus on what matters most
Nice to have tasks. Can be postponed if needed.
Important tasks that should be completed soon.
Critical tasks that need immediate attention.
Priority levels will power autofill scheduling and smart AI-powered planning, ensuring high-priority items get scheduled first.
Understand the effort required for each task
Difficulty ratings will help balance your daily workload through autofill and smart scheduling, preventing burnout by mixing easy and hard tasks.
Create custom productivity layouts with 3-7 tabs that match your workflow
Student, Work, and Life formats provide ready-to-use combinations for common productivity needs
Design your own formats by selecting from Essential, Organization, Consistency, and Collaborative tab categories
Have up to 3 formats active at once, switching between them based on your current focus
Two ways to handle recurring activities
Schedule when convenient during your day. Can optionally add specific schedule sets (days and times)
Maintain, increase, or decrease time spent
Monitor consistency and improvement over time
Always have specific schedule sets (for sets) or specific time/date (for events)
Sets mode (recurring day/times every week) or Event mode (one-time occurrence)
Schedule the same pattern for long durations (weeks or months)
Two approaches to managing larger objectives
Break down work into milestones, then create schedulable tasks
Tasks can be scheduled in the planner for daily execution
Used in Student mode (class projects), Work mode (work projects), and Life mode (goal projects)
Set check-in frequencies (daily, twice weekly, monthly, etc.)
Metric expectations (track numbers) or Deliverable expectations (mark completions)
Regular check-ins to report deliverables completed or current metric values, with notes accessible on expectations details screen
How the planner manages your time
Schedule items in specific time blocks throughout your day. Green indicators show available slots.
Automatic validation prevents overbooking and scheduling conflicts.
Select multiple items and schedule them all at once for efficiency.
Focus on today, tomorrow, and the next day with easy rescheduling.
Now that you understand the tools, put them to work in your daily planning.