EvyOS is one place for the things you are trying to do and the things you do every day: goals, the projects and tasks that move them, the routines that keep them going, plus notes, skills and a calendar.

The point is not that it tracks each of those. Plenty of apps do. The point is that they are connected, so you can see whether the work you did this week had anything to do with what you said mattered.

What setup creates

When you sign up you are asked what you are here to run, and then offered a starting point.

A starter plan gives you a whole small system straight away: a goal with a date, the two projects that move it, the first handful of tasks, and two or three routines. Everything is already linked, so the sidebar has a shape and Today has something in it. It is a starting point, not a prescription — rename anything, delete anything.

Start empty asks you for one goal and a couple of routines instead, and leaves the rest to you.

Either way you land on Today.

The first week

Three things, in order.

1. Put one real goal in. Not five. A goal with a target date and a name you would actually say out loud. If setup gave you one, replace it with yours.

2. Give it a project, and give the project tasks. A goal on its own does nothing — it is the projects underneath it that move. See goals, projects and tasks for how the three relate.

3. Pick two routines. Two. The most common way this stops working is starting eight habits on day one and breaking all of them by Friday.

There is a short checklist on Today that tracks exactly these. It ticks itself off as you go and disappears when it is done.

Where things live

Next

If you would rather read the longer version, there is a walkthrough on the blog.