Eisenhower Matrix help
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1. Getting started
What does Eisenhower Matrix do?
It is a to-do list and planner built on the Eisenhower matrix. You sort each task by two questions, is it urgent and is it important, pick a few tasks for today and plan your week. Tasks are saved on your phone.
What do the four boxes mean?
Do now is urgent and important. Schedule is important but not urgent. Hand off is urgent but not important. Let go is neither. Home shows the four boxes under Your matrix; tap a box to open it.
How do I add and sort a task?
Tap +, type the task and choose its box. Tasks without a box wait under to sort on Home: open it and answer the two questions, or tap a box.
Can I rename the boxes?
Yes: Settings › Box names. Settings › Show in the boxes switches Home between task names and counts only.
2. Your day
What is Today?
The short list at the top of Home. Tap Pick today's 3 and tick the tasks for today. Tasks with today's deadline and tasks left from earlier days show there as well.
Can I pick more or fewer than three?
Yes: Settings › Tasks for today. Today shows up to that many; the rest wait under "+N more".
What does Close the day do?
In the evening it lists what is still open and asks where each task goes: Done, Tomorrow, Another day or Let go. Then you can pick tomorrow's tasks.
3. Your week
How do I plan the week?
Open the Week tab and tap Plan the week. First you look back at the week that ends, then you tick up to three things to focus on and give tasks a day.
What is the week's focus?
The few important things you chose for the week. They lead the Week tab, and you can change how many you pick in Settings › Weekly focus.
4. Tasks
What is the difference between a day and a deadline?
Pick a day is when you plan to do the task. Deadline is when it must be finished. When the deadline of a scheduled task is today or tomorrow, the app moves the task to Do now and tells you.
How do I get a reminder for a task?
Open the task, tap More, then Remind me. The first time, the app asks you to allow notifications.
Can a task repeat?
Yes: open the task, tap More, then Repeat, and choose every day, weekdays, every week on the days you pick, or every month.
What does Hand off do?
It notes who the task is with and, if you like, a day to check. The task then shows as Waiting for that person, and on the check day the app reminds you.
Can I break a task into steps?
Yes: open the task, tap More and add Steps.
5. Goals and habits
What is a goal?
Something you want to reach, with a reason and, if you like, a date. Link tasks and habits to it; the goal's page shows what is done and what is next.
How do habits work?
A habit is a small thing you do on most days. Add it in Settings › Habits or on Home, tie it to a moment of the day, and tick it each day you do it.
I updated from an older version. Where are my projects?
Each project is now a goal with the same name and the same tasks.
6. Widgets and reminders
How do I add a widget?
On Android: Settings › Home-screen widget, then Add to home screen next to the one you want. On iPhone: touch and hold the Home Screen, tap Edit › Add Widget and pick the app. There are three: Now (your next task, with a Done button), Your matrix (the four boxes) and Matrix counts.
What reminders are there?
The reminders you set on tasks, one Daily reminder (morning or evening) and one Weekly plan reminder. You turn each on in Settings; none is on until you choose it. The app sends nothing between 22:00 and 07:00 unless you pick that time yourself.
I don't get reminders. What do I check?
Open Settings: if it says Notifications are off, tap Allow notifications. Also check that your phone's notification and battery settings don't stop the app.
7. Backup and your data
How do I back up my tasks?
Settings › Backup › Export to a file saves everything in one file that you keep where you like. If backup is on in your phone's settings, your phone can also keep a copy: in your Google account, or in iCloud on iPhone.
How do I move to a new phone?
Export a file on the old phone, then on the new phone open Settings › Backup › Restore from a file. Restore replaces what is in the app, so the app asks you to confirm.
Do my tasks leave my phone?
No. Tasks, notes, goals and habits are stored on your phone and are not sent to us. The app sends usage statistics and crash reports, never with your tasks or notes; you can turn both off in Settings › About and feedback › Technical reports. Details: privacy policy.
How do I delete my data?
See Delete your data.
8. Contact
Use Settings › About and feedback › Send feedback, or email fayzullayev.rasulbek.dev@gmail.com. Please describe what happened and your phone model.