Your Recent Tasks List

This view is a great place to search for lost tasks. It should show ALL of your tasks, with the option to see completed ones, with recently-edited ones on top. If you change a task and it disappears from your list, look or search for it here. This view is invaluable,...

Soft Dates

Your first best guess of when you want to do a task. (Priority in Astrid: = this week, = next week, = this month, = later. Required unless Someday/Maybe.)

Soft Dates

In Astrid, Priority is the soft date: = this week, = next week, = this month, = later. If the task far in the future, use Someday/Maybe.

Hard Dates

In Astrid, Due Date (the When field) is the hard date. Click on the field next to When, then click a date in the calendar pop-up. To remove a hard date, click When, then click the small gray X that appears at the end.