Getting started

Welcome. This guide assumes you know GTD basics — if you don't, read David Allen's Getting Things Done first. This is about how the tool works.

Your first 10 minutes

1. Skim GTD in 5 minutes — the sample note we created in your account. It's in your Notes list.
2. Read Welcome to Mind Like Water — also in your Notes list. Tour of every view.
3. Capture 3 things on your mind — press n anywhere to open Quick Capture, or i to open Inbox and use the capture bar at the top. Don't filter. Throw in whatever's rattling around.
4. Clarify one of them — click it in Inbox, set a status (Next / Waiting / Scheduled / Someday) and an Area if you want.
5. Create your first real project — press p, click New project. Give it a clear successful outcome — "Book is printed and shipped" beats "Book project."
6. Open your Daily Page — press f. Write one sentence about what matters today.
7. Run your first Weekly Review — press 0. Walk through the six sections. Mark it complete.

That's the loop. Repeat forever.

The sample "Learn Mind Like Water" project

We seeded a project in your account with 10 walk-through tasks and two notes. It's marked Sequential on purpose — flip the Sequential view toggle on Next Actions to see the feature in action: you'll only see the first incomplete task until you complete it, then the next one appears.

When you're comfortable with the app, delete the sample content from Settings → Sample Content.

What to read next

• The GTD loop → — capture, clarify, and the weekly review
• Projects → — including parallel vs sequential
• Keyboard shortcuts → — the app is designed to run from the keyboard