How to work with tasks (+ ideally full calendar?)

Okay- time to get serious about getting Obsidian to work for me! Expect a few of these messages over the next few days. Desperately trying to automate a workflow/organization system of information.

What I’m trying to do

Have just discovered how to schedule tasks, etc when I’m writing out a to do list. What I’d LOVE if there’s a way to do it is this:

Let’s say I’ve made this line in a list: 3. finish optical illusion batch :date: 2025-03-18

Is there a way to get this task to show up in my daily notes for the day it’s due? I feel like I’m SO CLOSE to figuring this out and so far!!

I’m completely technically challenged so if you can explain it to me (or even something close to this!) like I’m an idiot I’d be so grateful!

Things I have tried

I’ve researched how to roll tasks over but cannot figure out templates; I tried this but it doesn’t even change the dates on my templates.

I’m at the point where I don’t even know what to look for to try, so any help would be appreciated. Thank you!