Close your workday so it stays closed

This tool helps you end the workday on purpose. You write down what is still open, decide when each task will happen, and leave a short note for tomorrow. Then work is closed for today.

What does the tool do?

You list the tasks still open, one per line. For each, you choose first thing tomorrow, later this week or parked. You write one line about where you stopped and one small first step for tomorrow. You can tick a few closing steps, such as saving your files or setting your status.

The tool then makes a short shutdown note you can copy or print.

How do I use it?

1. In the last ten minutes of work, write every open task, big or small.
2. Give each task a place.
3. Write where you stopped, as exactly as you can.
4. Write tomorrow’s first step, small enough to start in five minutes.
5. Tick the closing steps you did and press Make my shutdown note.

Tips for real workdays

If you work from home, the closing steps matter more: putting the laptop away is a clear signal that work is over. If your job ends with a handover, add the handover as an open task with First thing tomorrow, or note who has it now. On a day that ends in a rush, write just three lines: the most urgent task, where you stopped and tomorrow’s first step.

Your privacy

Nothing you enter is sent anywhere. The note is made in your browser and forgotten when you close the page.

What next?

Our work boundaries guides have more on keeping evenings free. If your head is still full after work, try the mind unload board. The guide on writing tomorrow’s list before you finish goes deeper on the first-step habit, and the evening wind-down planner helps with the rest of the evening.