Organizing your daily tasks and schedules can be simplified with a digital planner.

Creating a digital planner in Google Sheets is both easy and straightforward.

you’re free to also opt to do this step later.

A journal on a table

For this digital planner, well be using 1-hour time slots from 6AM to 10PM.

Well apply someGoogle Sheets formatting tipsto make it look better.

This includes adjusting cell widths, merging cells, applying borders, and adding some color.

Delete unused columns in Google Sheets

We’ll also hide gridlines and tweak the text appearance for a cleaner look.

This helps you see at a glance what’s done and what’s left for the next day.

Heres the conditional formatting in action.

Delete unused rows in Google Sheets

This gives you a clean start each time and lets you keep past records for future reference.

Use Color-Coding for Clarity

Color-coding your tasks allows you to quickly assess task categories, priorities, or progress.

you’re able to do this manually oruse conditional formattingto automate the process based on specific criteria.

Add text labels for the different sections of the digital planner

The key to achieving your goals starts here.

Add 1-hour time slots from 6am to 10pm

Insert the first checkbox in Google Sheets digital planner

Copy checkbox to adjacent cells

Click Data and select Data validation in Google Sheets

Click Add rule in the Data validation rules pane on the right

Add the data validation rules for the date picker

Apply formula to extract weekday name from date in Google Sheets

Adjust columns widths in Google Sheets digital planner

Apply all borders to the schedule section of Google Sheets digital planner

Apply bottom border to a cell in the top priorioties section of digital planner

Apply bottom border to adjacent cells

Merge header cells in the Google Sheets digital planner

Merge cells for the date, weekday name, and notes sections of digital planner

Apply vertical align and text wrapping to notes section of digital planner

Hide gridlines in Google Sheets digital planner

Color cells in Google Sheets digital planner

Modify the appearance of text in Google Sheets digital planner

Select Format and conditional formatting in Google Slides

Set trigger for conditional formatting in diigtal planner

Set formatting for conditional formatting trigger

Conditional formatting in action in Google Sheets digital planner