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Give a task an hour

A quadrant says what matters. A time block says when. In this guide you give a sorted task 90 minutes tomorrow morning, then find it on the Calendar tab, next to the events that come from your phone's own calendars.

Updated September 2026 · Eisenhour 1.0.3 · 5 steps · screenshots show an invented person

  1. Open the task and find Time block

    Open a task from the Matrix tab or the Inbox and scroll to the Time block card. It suggests a time, here Today at 11:00 AM for one hour, with the Add Block to My Day button under it. Nothing is scheduled until you tap that button.

    The task sheet for Plan the Lisbon trip with Q2 Schedule and Travel chosen. At the bottom the Time block card reads Today, 11:00 AM, 1h, with Doesn't repeat and an Add Block to My Day button.

  2. Pick the day, the start time and the length

    Tap the row with the time to open the When sheet. Choose the date (Today, Tomorrow or a day on the month calendar), a start time in 15-minute steps, and a length from 15 minutes to 3 hours, or Custom.

    Here it is Tomorrow at 11:00 AM for 1h 30m. Tap Done.

    The When sheet, headed Tomorrow, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, 1h 30m. It shows Today and Tomorrow buttons, a September 2026 month grid with the 30th selected, a strip of start times with 11:00 AM chosen, and length buttons from 15m to 3h with 1h 30m chosen.

  3. Add the block

    Back on the task, the card now reads Wed, Sep 30, 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, 1h 30m. Tap Add Block to My Day to save it. The drop-down under the time, Doesn't repeat, is where a block that should come back gets its repeat.

    Once a block exists, a Copy to a calendar section appears. It mirrors the block to one of your phone's calendars (Pro).

    The Time block card now reads Wed, Sep 30 and 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, 1h 30m, with Doesn't repeat below it. Under the card is a Copy to a calendar section that says Mirror this block to one of your calendars.

  4. See it on the Calendar tab

    Open the Calendar tab. The block sits on Wednesday the 30th at 11:00, just under Design review, an event from one of your phone's own calendars. Your blocks have a gold outline and a small task icon, and calendar events have a coloured bar on the left.

    The free version shows today only, so looking at any other day, as here, is Pro.

    The Calendar tab in day view for Wednesday, September 30. A Design review event at 10:00 AM sits above the gold-outlined Plan the Lisbon trip block from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM, and a 1:1 with Maya block starts at 14:00.

  5. Zoom out to the week

    Tap 1W (Pro) to see the whole week with blocks and events side by side. 1D, 3D, 1W and 1M switch between one day, three days, a week and a month, and Jump to date goes straight to a day (all Pro). The Calendars button picks which of your phone's calendars show beside your plan.

    The Calendar tab in week view for 27 September to 3 October. Gold-outlined blocks and calendar events with blue bars sit in their day columns, and the Plan block is on Wednesday the 30th.