Start your morning work in TextTree
Writing down what you want to do today — before you start doing anything — clears your head and makes it easier to get into work. With TextTree, you can open a file and start writing immediately.
A sample morning flow
Here is one way to get ready before starting work. Adjust it to fit what works for you.
[Today's morning flow] 06:30–07:00
06:30 Wake up — drink a glass of water
06:40 Write down "3 things to do today"
1. Finish the proposal draft
2. Send confirmation email to client
3. 30 minutes of reading
06:50 Skim yesterday's daily page (1 minute)
06:55 5 minutes of freewriting — clear your head
Keeping the daily page and task list in separate files gives each one a clear purpose.
Save your morning setup with Snap Layout
If you open the same files every morning, save the arrangement with Snap Layout and restore it in one click.
- Ctrl+click the daily page and task list to open them side by side (Mac: ⌘+click)
- Click the snap bar at the bottom of the tree panel, name it “Morning setup” and save
- From the next day on, click “Morning setup” to restore the layout instantly
Note: because your daily page is a new file each day, you will still need to open today’s file after restoring the snap. Snap Layout works best for files that carry over across days — like a running task list.
Log your time as you work
Once you have written down what to do today, use Alt+S → Time (Mac: ⌥S) to record when you start each task.
09:00 Proposal — start
11:15 Proposal — sent
11:20 Email to client — sent
Tips for keeping it going
- Prepare the file the night before — create tomorrow’s daily page before you go to sleep so it is ready to open first thing
- Write only 3 things — a list of ten tasks is harder to act on than a list of three clear priorities
- Skim yesterday’s page first — copy any unfinished tasks to today’s file so nothing gets lost