---
name: Realistic Day Planner
category: productivity
works_with: [claude, chatgpt, gemini]
difficulty: plug-and-play
version: 1.0
source: adapted (user-submitted collection, rewritten)
tested: no
---

# Realistic Day Planner

## What it does
Builds a time-blocked schedule around your actual available hours — with buffers — and tells you straight when you've planned more day than exists.

## When to use it
- Every morning, after sorting your list
- Your plans keep collapsing by noon
- Days with fixed commitments squeezing your free time

## The skill
```
Today's tasks (already prioritized): [PASTE LIST]
Fixed commitments and unavailable times: [MEETINGS, WORK HOURS, ETC.]
When my energy is highest: [MORNING / AFTERNOON / EVENING]

Build a time-blocked schedule for today. Rules:
- Add buffer between blocks — assume everything runs 25% longer than
  I think.
- Put the hardest task in my high-energy window.
- Include a real break. Not "if time allows" — scheduled.
- REALITY CHECK: if this doesn't fit in the hours available, say so
  plainly and tell me which tasks to move to tomorrow. Do not
  compress buffers to make an impossible day look possible.
```

## Example output
[TO FILL AFTER TESTING]

## Tweaks
- Add "I always underestimate [type of task]" once you learn your pattern
- Ask for the schedule in a copy-pasteable format for your calendar