Can't sleep because tomorrow is still in your head?
Write the open loops down. Two minutes. Then stop.
A short written list of what is still open can make it easier to fall asleep than turning the same tasks over. This page is a timer and a list kept in this browser. It is not a sleep treatment and not medical advice.
Last reviewed 23 October 2026. A capture tool, not a sleep treatment and not medical advice.
What to do
Start the timer
Two minutes. Write while it runs. Do not solve anything yet.
Dump every open loop
One line each. The milk, the email, the thing you forgot to say.
Sort the list
Today if it is already due. Tomorrow for the morning. Later if it can wait.
Stop
Close the list. The point is that it is written down, not finished.
Try a note
“Buy milk on the way home, call mom back, check the taxes before Friday, and book the hotel for Friday night.”
Plan
Buy milk · Shopping
Call mom · Task
Tomorrow’s Plan screen with the items from the note you picked. New ones wait until you confirm or dismiss them.
Two-minute brain dump
The list stays in this browser. Nothing is sent.
2:00
Time left
Today
Nothing here yet.
Tomorrow
Nothing here yet.
Later
Nothing here yet.
If you are not safe
If you are in danger, or you cannot stay safe, contact local emergency services. This page will not help with that.
Short answers
Does writing a to-do list help you fall asleep?
A 2018 study found that people who spent five minutes writing a to-do list fell asleep faster than people who wrote about tasks they had already finished. It was one small study, not a treatment.
Is this the Tomorrow app?
No. This page keeps the list in this browser only. The iPhone app is still on the waitlist and is not a sleep aid.
What if I wake up at 3am?
Write the loop, put it on Tomorrow or Later, and stop planning the solution. You can look at the list in the morning.
Sources
- Scullin et al., 2018 — The effects of bedtime writing on difficulty falling asleep: to-do lists vs completed activity lists (Journal of Experimental Psychology: General)
- Masicampo and Baumeister, 2011 — Plan making can eliminate the cognitive effects of unfulfilled goals (Journal of Personality and Social Psychology)
Get it off your mind
Tomorrow is an iPhone app. This site is the waitlist — we’ll let you know when it’s on the App Store.
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