Today is the screen you will open most, so it is deliberately narrow: only what is overdue, what is due today, your routines, and today's calendar. Nothing that is merely important. Nothing due next week.
Overdue is separate on purpose
Overdue work sits in its own section above everything else, because an overdue task is a different question from a due one. A due task needs doing. An overdue task needs a decision — do it, move it, or admit it is not happening and delete it.
Mixed together, the overdue ones quietly become wallpaper. Separated, the list is uncomfortable enough to deal with, which is the point.
Routines
Your habits for today sit below the tasks, with a tick each. Ticking one records it for that date; you can untick it if you got it wrong.
When Today is too long
A Today with thirty items on it is not a busy day, it is a dating problem. Two usual causes:
- Everything has a due date. A date should mean "must be done by then". If it means "I would like to get to this", leave it off and let it live in the project.
- Overdue never gets cleared. Work through the overdue section once, properly. Move what is real, delete what is not.
When Today is empty
That is allowed, and it is not the same as having nothing to do — it means nothing is due. If you want something to pull from, Upcoming shows the next couple of weeks a day at a time, and Unsorted holds anything you captured without filing.
Opening a task without losing your place
Clicking a task opens it in a panel over the list rather than a new page, so ticking through a batch never loses your scroll position. Close it and you are exactly where you were.
Next
- Quick add, search and shortcuts — adding things without leaving the keyboard
- Goals, projects and tasks — where the work comes from