The Concepts In Things

Trying
to
get
my
head
around
the
concepts
in
Things


Tasks
are
the
fundamental
units
in
Things.
They
are
simple
one‐stage
ac8vi8es.


Trying
to
get
my
head
around
the
concepts
in
Things
 Tags
(





)
are
labels.
They
can
be
applied
to
tasks,
to
allow
them
to
be
categorized—and
viewed—in
different
ways.
 Each
task
can
have
many
tags…


Takes
10
minutes
 Do
in
New
York


Do
in
London


Do
at
the
shops


Medium
priority


Do
in
car


Takes
at
least
60
minutes


High
priority


…or
none
at
all.


Trying
to
get
my
head
around
the
concepts
in
Things
 In
addi8on,
each
task
must
lie
in
one
of
the
following
areas…


Inbox


Next


Someday



 Highlig ht

“Move
to
today”


Today


Scheduled


You
may
wish
to
think
of
these
categories
as
being
a
compulsory
type
of
label.


Trying
to
get
my
head
around
the
concepts
in
Things
 In
addi8on,
a
task
may
lie
in
only
one
Project
(






)
or
Area
(





)


Area
A


Area
B


Area
C


Area
D


Project
A


Project
B


Project
C


Project
D


An
Area
is
a
type
of
 responsibility
in
 your
life,
such
as
 “Home”,
“Work”,
 “Fun”,
“Client
X”
or
 “Friends”


A
Project
is
an
Area
 that
has
a
deadline


…or
in
none
at
all.


Note,
a
task
cannot
lie
in
a
Project
and
an
Area…


Trying
to
get
my
head
around
the
concepts
in
Things
 People:
A
task
may
belong
to
one
person
(





)…


Person
A


…or
to
none
at
all.


Person
B


Person
C


Person
D


“People”
is
a
type
 of
label
that
 indicates
who’s
 responsible
for
a
 task.