Task Reminders

In Things, use the hard date (Schedule date) like a reminder for must-do tasks, because you will see those tasks in your daily review.

Creating Tasks from Email

You can turn emails into tasks by forwarding them to Things. This also works for collecting brand new tasks. This means that anywhere you have email access, you can collect, triage, or process.

Next Actions

Enter the very next action in the task name, after the project name, like this:       Project – Next Action       Fire insurance – call Thomas for quote (555-6765) Only record the very next action...

TRO Projects

Record both the project and the very next action in the task title, separated by a hyphen, like this:       Project name / Next Action       Cat shots / Call vet 555-1234...