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Eisenhower Matrix
Sort your tasks into the four urgent and important quadrants, move them as priorities shift, then print or export the result. Runs entirely in your browser.
🔒 This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your files are never uploaded to a server.
Urgent & important
Do it now0 tasks
Important, not urgent
Schedule it0 tasks
Urgent, not important
Delegate it0 tasks
Neither
Drop it0 tasks
How it works
- Type a task and choose which quadrant it belongs in.
- Move anything between quadrants as deadlines and priorities change.
- Your grid saves itself on this device, so it is waiting next time you open the page.
- Print it for a wall or a notebook, or export the list as CSV.
The two questions, and the four answers
The grid comes from a habit attributed to Dwight Eisenhower and popularised by Stephen Covey. Every task gets two yes-or-no questions, which produce four boxes and — crucially — four different actions:
urgent + important → do it now
important, not urgent → schedule it
urgent, not important → delegate it
neither → drop it
The value is not the sorting, it is the verb attached to each box. A plain to-do list treats every item as "do", so the urgent-but-unimportant work — other people's requests, notifications, small favours — quietly consumes the day. Naming those as delegate, and the bottom box as drop, is what makes the grid useful.
A practical test for the hard distinction: ask what happens if the task slips a week. If the answer is a missed deadline, it is urgent. If the answer is that something you care about gets slower or worse, it is important. Plenty of tasks are one and not the other, and a few honest hours in the "schedule it" box prevents most of next month's firefighting.
FAQ
Are my tasks stored anywhere?
Only in your browser's local storage, on this device. Nothing is uploaded and no account is involved — which also means the list will not appear on your phone or another computer.
What is the difference between urgent and important?
Urgent means it has a deadline pressing on it. Important means it moves something you actually care about forward. They feel the same in the moment, which is the whole reason for the grid — most people spend their day on urgent-but-unimportant work and never reach the important-not-urgent quadrant.
Why does the important-but-not-urgent box matter most?
Because that is where planning, learning, relationships, and maintenance live. Nothing forces you to do it today, so it gets displaced by anything with a deadline — and then it becomes urgent later, usually as a crisis. Scheduling those tasks is the point of the exercise.
How do I move a task between quadrants?
Use the small dropdown on the task itself. It is a dropdown rather than drag-and-drop deliberately: it works with a keyboard, works with a screen reader, and works on a phone, where dragging between four boxes is fiddly.
Can I get it on paper?
Yes — "Print / save as PDF" prints just the four quadrants, with the per-task controls hidden and the boxes outlined so they read properly on paper. The CSV export is the option if you want the same list in a spreadsheet or another tool.
Why are there example tasks when I first arrive?
So the grid shows what a filled-in matrix looks like rather than four empty boxes. They are never saved to your device — adding your first real task clears them, and so does "Clear all".
How we compare
| Feature | Online Tool Store | Printable PDF templates | Todoist / Notion setups |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your task list stays on your device | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Reorder without rewriting | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| No sign-up, no setup | ✓ | Often an email for the download | ✗ |
| Keyboard and screen-reader friendly moves | ✓ | ✗ | Drag-first in most setups |
| Due dates, reminders, recurring tasks | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Syncs across devices and teams | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
Best used as a thinking exercise rather than a task manager: dump the week's work into the grid, notice how much of it is urgent but not important, and move the things that matter into a slot. It has no due dates or reminders by design — when you need those, export the CSV and put the survivors into whatever you already use.