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Create tasks and group them by topic

A task has a title, a topic and a coin reward from 1 to 1,000, 10 by default. Add a timer, a checklist and tags if you need them. Topics group tasks in the Tasks list and in Analytics. Drag cards into your own order, and lock the tasks you reuse.

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Title

What needs to get done. The only field you must fill.

Topic

The group it joins in the list.

Reward

The coins it pays when you finish it, 10 by default.

Tracking

A timer with a length, or Untimed.

The New task form. Example data.
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Create a task

Tasks live in the Tasks list, ready to drag into your day.

  1. Open Tasks

    Press 2, or choose Tasks above the list.

  2. Press Create task

    The + at the top of the list opens the New task form.

  3. Type a title, then press Create task

    The task joins its topic in the list. The button stays grey while that topic already holds a task with this title.

Suggested tasks at the foot of the list adds Lesson, Exercises, Mock Exam or Flashcards.

The form has no date. You plan a task by dragging it onto the schedule.

Fill in the fields

Every field except the title has a default you can keep. The form at the top shows the main four.

  • Checklist holds steps you tick off. Enter adds the next row.
  • Tags offers High Priority, Medium Priority, Low Priority, Work, Study, Health, Personal, or your own with Custom tag...
  • The Reward buttons step by 5 coins. A Timer runs up to 6 hours, and Untimed is a stopwatch you finish yourself.
A timed task finishes
on its own when its time is up,
and pays its coins.

Group tasks by topic and order them

The list shows each task under its topic. You decide the order of both.

Topic

Its name and the time tracked on its tasks.

A card

Drag it up or down to change the order.

  • A Topic. A named group of tasks, such as Study or Life. The Tasks list shows each task under its topic. appears the first time you save a task with it. A task with no topic goes under Uncategorized.
  • Drag the dots at the left of a topic to move the whole topic. The arrow at the right folds it.
  • Search tasks matches titles, topics and tags. Topics stay in place while a search is on.

Topics also split your time in Analytics.

Lock the tasks you reuse

A locked task stays in the list. Dragging it places a copy on the schedule.

A task with its lock on. Example data.

Tasks start locked. The lock at the top of the list, Lock all idle tasks, switches every task.

The lock on one card, shown when you point at it, switches that task alone. Unlocked, a drag moves the task out of the list and into your day.

Edit, finish or delete a task

Each card has a menu. The list and the schedule offer different actions.

The menu of a card in the Tasks list, then of a card on the schedule.

Finish a task with the tick on the timer. Finished tasks stay on the day they were done. To log time you spent away from the timer, use Complete activity.

Press CtrlZCmdZ to bring back a task you deleted by mistake.