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The Planner - Mastering Your Present Through Mindful Planning

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Mind Your Now
Mind Your Now Support Staff

We're excited to give you a preview of our upcoming Planner Page! This new feature is designed to make organizing, scheduling, and prioritizing your tasks more intuitive than ever. Instead of combing through hidden menus or juggling multiple tabs, you'll manage your tasks visually—just drag and drop them into categories that reflect their importance and timing.

What is the Planner Page?

The Planner Page is a visual board that sorts your tasks into clear, easy-to-understand columns:

  • Needs Planning (📝): For tasks that require immediate attention to scheduling
  • Critical (⚡): For tasks you must handle right now
  • Opportunity Now (🚀): For tasks best addressed in the near term
  • Over the Horizon (🌅): For tasks that are important, but can wait a bit longer
  • Parking Lot (🅿️): For tasks that aren't ready for action just yet
  • Someday (⏳): For tasks without a defined start date, and that may never become urgent

By labeling these columns with plain language and simple icons, the Planner Page gives you an immediate sense of what needs doing now, what's coming up, and what can wait.


🎯 Priority-Focused View

Our signature priority system comes to life visually. Your most urgent tasks stand out front and center in the Critical column, ensuring that what truly needs your attention today never drifts into the background.

By focusing on what matters most in the present moment, you maintain a sharp sense of priority without endless lists distracting you.

How Do We Determine if Tasks Need Planning?

If a task should have started by now but hasn't—or if it's slipped past its due date (and isn't marked Critical)—it will appear in Needs Planning (📝). This makes sure no task silently falls through the cracks. Instead of getting lost, it's highlighted so you can quickly schedule it where it belongs.


Key Features

✨ Effortless Task Flow

Adjusting your plans is as natural as breathing. Just drag and drop tasks between categories to shift their start dates and priorities. Life changes often—and the Planner Page changes right along with it, so you remain focused on the now while staying fully prepared for what's around the corner.

⚡ Present-Moment Task Management

Create and modify tasks without leaving your current view. The Planner Page lets you stay in the flow, managing your commitments right where you are. This keeps your attention anchored in the present moment—no unnecessary detours, no scattered focus.

Smart Scheduling

When you move a task into a particular column, the Planner Page can automatically set a start date based on that category's intended timeframe:

  • Move to Critical (⚡) → Set to start today
  • Drop into Opportunity Now (🚀) → Schedule for near future
  • Focus on priorities while the Planner handles the timing

Dynamic Reprioritization Made Easy

  1. Reprioritize from Needs Planning (📝)

    • A single click redistributes tasks to their proper categories
    • No guesswork—just instant organization
  2. Balancing the Critical Column (⚡)

    • Too many tasks building up? Quickly push some into Opportunity Now
    • Keep your immediate list lean and actionable
  3. Adjusting for Overcrowded Opportunity (🚀)

    • Easily move overflow into Over the Horizon
    • Ensure your near-term plan stays manageable

Mastering Your Now with the Planner

The Planner is designed to keep you present and focused while maintaining a clear view of your priorities.

Daily Practice

  1. Start Each Day Mindfully: Begin by reviewing your Critical tasks
  2. Flow with Your Day: Let the visual layout guide you naturally through priorities
  3. Adapt with Awareness: Adjust effortlessly as life changes

Plan for Today, Tomorrow, and Beyond

With the Planner Page, urgent tasks show up right where you need them, while long-term goals and ideas rest quietly in the background. Should everything feel too crowded, you can "kick the can" and move tasks forward, giving yourself the breathing room you need to refocus and reset.


The Journey Continues

The Planner is another step in our mission to help you master your present moment. We're continuously evolving to better serve your journey toward mindful productivity—keeping you engaged with what matters right now.

Still Under Construction

Note: Though we're proud of how far the Planner Page has come, it's still under active development. You may encounter incomplete features or unexpected behaviors as we refine data persistence, enhance the interface, and perfect the scheduling logic.