The task management notebook
Get your
things done.
Write your tasks by hand. Mark them done, transfer them to your app, or delegate them — with the name and a final confirmation when the work is delivered. Paper and digital, in the right order.
antts.co
GET YOUR THINGS DONE
antts.co
GET YOUR THINGS DONE
antts.co
GET YOUR THINGS DONE
antts.co
GET YOUR THINGS DONE
5 colors
Choose yours
antts.co
GET YOUR THINGS DONE
Blue
Same system, five colors. Pick the one that lives on your desk, travels in your bag, or sits beside your laptop.
The system
How to use
Four page types, one consistent column system. Every task page works the same way — so you always know exactly what to do next.
Column
Meaning
When to use it
DDL
Deadline
The date this task must be done.
DONE
Done by you
Mark when you complete the task yourself.
APP
Moved to app
Mark when the task is transferred to a digital tool.
DELEGATE
Delegated to
Write the name of the person you assigned it to.
DONE
Done by delegate
Mark when the person you delegated to completes the task.
TASKS
DATE
DESCRIPTION
DDL
DONE
APP
DELEGATE
DONE
Step 1
Write it down first
Every task starts here. Date, description, deadline — written by hand. Mark DONE when you finish it, APP when it moves to a digital tool, or write a name under DELEGATE and track completion in the last DONE column.
TASKS DELEGATED TO
TO
DESCRIPTION
DDL
DONE
APP
DELEGATE
DONE
Step 2
Track what you hand off
A dedicated page for work you have assigned to others. Write the person's name, the task, the deadline. The last DONE column confirms they delivered — without you having to follow up.
TASKS — PROJECT
DATE
DESCRIPTION
DDL
DONE
APP
DELEGATE
DONE
Step 3
One page per project
Collect all tasks for a single project in one place. Same column system — so you always know what is done, what moved to your project app, and what is waiting on someone else.
DOT GRID
Step 4
Think before you transfer
Dot grid pages for notes, sketches, and planning. Use them to reason through work before it becomes a task — on paper or anywhere else.
Q&A
Questions
About
Paper first. App when it matters.
The best way to manage a task is not to choose between paper and digital — it is to use both, in the right order.
You start in the notebook. Writing a task by hand forces you to think it through: what exactly needs to happen, when it is due, who owns it. The act of writing is the first step of doing.
From there, you decide what moves. Some tasks stay in the notebook — they get done, they get crossed off. Others need to live in your team tool, your calendar, or your project app. The notebook makes that decision clear.
The antts.co notebook was designed with this workflow in mind. The column system — DDL, DONE, APP, DELEGATE — gives every task a status that is easy to read at a glance, and easy to act on.
Write it down. Work it through. Transfer only what needs to move.