Daily Planning · Projects

Every idea and project, captured before it’s gone.

A project is anything that takes more than one step. Speak it the moment it strikes — on the build site, between meetings — and it lands in a folder, not lost in your head.

Tap. Speak. Done.
The basics

What counts as a project?

Simple rule: if it takes more than one step to finish, it’s a project, not a task. “Email the plumber” is a task. “Renovate the bathroom” is a project — a stack of tasks with an outcome.

Naming the outcome is the unlock. Once you know what ‘done’ looks like, the next steps reveal themselves — and you stop carrying the whole thing around in your head.

The problem

Why good ideas vanish.

Your working memory holds only a handful of things at once, and ideas never arrive at a convenient time.

The idea for the pitch hits in the car; the fix for the bug surfaces in the shower. If you can’t capture it in the few seconds before the next thing crowds it out, it’s gone — and “I’ll remember it later” almost never works. The answer is capture so fast it’s frictionless: just say it.

The method

How to run a project that actually moves.

  1. Name the outcome. Write what ‘done’ looks like in one line. Everything else flows from it.
  2. Brain-dump every step. Get all the actions out of your head and into the project — by voice, as they occur to you.
  3. Pick the one next action. The single physical thing that moves it forward. Projects stall when the next action is fuzzy.
  4. Connect it to a goal. Tie the project to the goal it serves so you know it’s worth the effort.
  5. Review it weekly. A quick scan keeps every project alive and honest.
In the app

How VoiceFirstPlanner captures projects.

Start a project by voice and reel off its tasks in one breath. Each one is captured, ordered, and kept in its folder — ready when you are, instead of scattered across sticky notes and your memory.

Start a project: boat refit. Add tasks — order the parts, book the trailer, call the surveyor.

Coming with Pro: AI project breakdownPRO · SOON — describe the outcome and it drafts the task list for you.

Free resource

The Project Planner Worksheet.

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FREE WORKSHEET · PDF

Capture the whole project

Name the outcome, brain-dump every step, and lock in the one next action. Free to download — no account needed. Or get all ten in one workbook, free with your account.

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