Organize the task into a project - type # followed by the project name.Set a priority level - type p followed by the priority number (1–4).Attach a label - type followed by the label name.In addition to adding due dates, you can also use the smart Quick Add to: Todoist’s quick add automatically recognizes things like due dates, projects, priority levels, labels, & assignees. The smart language recognition will automatically detect your due dates, labels, projects, and more and add the task accordingly.įor example, if you type “Take out the garbage every other Thursday”, Todoist will automatically recognize the date and set the task to recur every other Thursday. Simply type all your task information - task name, due date, label, priority level, project, and/or assignee - into the task field. The simplest way to add tasks to Todoist is via Quick Add, available on every platform Todoist comes on (which is basically all of them). So if you’re looking to build up your task manager habit, take a look below at the fastest ways to add tasks to Todoist (some of them you may know about, others you probably don’t) and try the ones that fit best with the daily routines you already have: Add tasks using Quick Add Works on all platforms That means you can always be confident that literally everything you need to do is accounted for. With Todoist you can add a task anytime anywhere from whatever platform you’re using - computer, phone, web browser, smart watch, smart home assistant and more - in seconds. That’s why it’s so important to have a system to quickly and efficiently keep track of new tasks.

In other words, to-do lists provide a nifty shortcut to getting tasks off your mind until you actually need to work on them. Luckily, studies show that simply making a plan to complete our tasks is enough to satisfy our brains that everything’s under control. We stress about forgetting things and ultimately do worse on whatever it is we’re currently working on. On the other hand, it’s entirely self-defeating - we perform at our best when we focus on just one thing at a time, yet at any given moment we may have dozens, even hundreds, of uncompleted tasks vying for our attention. On the one hand, it’s a neat trick - our brains automatically focus on the things that require our attention and discard the things we’ve already taken care of. Whenever we have tasks left unfinished, our mind tends to dwell on them, keeping them at the forefront of our attention.

Mac todolist app