Getting Things Done

Each action: organised, clarified, contextualised.

A task lives on its project note. The research, the decisions, the next step — right there. That's just where they go.

Capture · Next actions · Projects · Reference · Weekly review

On the project note
Project

Home Renovation

The fitter’s quote is a week out. Door colour waits on the F&B card.

Chase the bathroom fitter
Choose the front door colour
Order the new front door

Colour scheme

Wimborne White

No.239

School House White

No.291

Budget

PageRenovation Budget
BacklinkHome Maintenance
And on Next actions
Tasks Next actions
Home Renovation3
Chase the bathroom fitter
Choose the front door colour
Order the new front door

Same actions. The colour card stays on the project note, one click away.

See it

The whole system, in one walkthrough

Inbox, next actions, projects, and the weekly review. The same flow, with the reference attached.

On the project

The reference stays with the next step

Paint cards, the budget, the cooker you are comparing. They live on the project note, beside the actions that came out of them.

Written where you are already reading

Add the next action on the project note. It stays there, next to the colour card or the quote that prompted it.

One page for the outcome

A project is the result that takes more than one step. The note holds that outcome. The tasks are the steps.

Open it later and it is still together

The tasks, the budget, the links. You come back to the project and the context is already on the page.

"A task lives on its project note. The research, the decisions, the next step. That's just where they go."

Home Renovation project note with next actions, paint colour cards, a budget, and product links on the same page
Next actions

The list still knows what each action is about

Next actions group under the project or person they link to. A tag such as #home says where you can do the work. Open the note when you need the rest.

Grouped by what they belong to

Next actions cluster under the project, the person, or the meeting. One click opens that note.

Contexts as tags

#home, #town, #work-laptop. Group by tag when the question is where you can do the work.

Waiting and someday have their own lists

Waiting For and Someday are processed. They stay off Today until you are ready to move them.

Next actions list grouped by meeting, project, and person, with status, date, and context tags

Nothing to unlearn

Every GTD habit you rely on is already here

Inbox, next actions, waiting for, someday, and today. Add a status or a date and the inbox clears.

Tasks
Home Renovation2
Chase the bathroom fitter
Choose the front door colour
GTD walkthrough1
Add the book links to the description
Steffen1
Ask Steffen how to fix the error
Other1
Post Mum's birthday card

GTD statuses, built in

Next Up, Waiting For, Someday — applied in one tap, filtered in one view.

Inbox, Today, Scheduled

Add a status or a date and it clears the inbox. Same as your current flow.

Contexts as tags

Tag #home or #work-laptop. Group by context for your weekly review.

Dates and a real calendar

Scheduled tasks appear on the in-app calendar. Sync your external one too.

Recurring tasks

Habits, weekly upkeep, regular check-ins — with streaks.

People as agendas

A person's note is your standing agenda. Tasks added there appear in your lists.

How it fits together

Actions that know what they’re about.

A project, a person, and the tasks that point at them. Point at a node to see what it connects to.

Home Renovation
Steffen
Chase the bathroom fitter Next Up
Review the colour card Next Up
Ask Steffen for the quote Waiting For

A graph view of Home Renovation and Steffen. Chase the bathroom fitter links to the project. Review the colour card links to the project and to Steffen. Ask Steffen for the quote is waiting for Steffen. Faded Someday tasks sit in the background. One task can belong to a project and a person at the same time.

Task
Project
Person
Someday
One task can link to a project and a person at the same time. Those are the same straight links the graph view draws.

Up and running in 10 minutes

Step 01

Apply the GTD preset

Settings → Task Management → Getting Things Done. Your statuses are ready.

Step 02

Pin your lists and types

Pin Next actions, Waiting for, Someday. Add Project, Area and Person types.

Step 03

Move one project over

Add its reference note, set contexts on the tasks. See how it feels.

Questions

Your whole system, connected

Tasks and reference, right where they belong.

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