Strategies

Open Task/Project action

See more information about a task or a project at once

Written by Branko
Updated this week

Quick Jump

Quickly jump to a specific list with a keyboard shortcut

Written by Branko
Updated this week

Attachments

Attach documents to Tasks and Projects

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Top of Mind

See your next step in a always visible mini window.

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Global Filter

Show/hide main Categories on this machine

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Day Planning

Plan one day at a time

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Marvin Kudos

Earn Marvin Kudos for being productive and unlock rewards!

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Theming

Theme your days, weeks, month etc.

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Sequential Projects

Configure projects to be either sequential or parallel

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Tomato Tracker

Track how many pomodoro sessions you do each day

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Trackers

Tracking your progress on a goal

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Goals & Objectives

Set goals and keep track of how you are doing

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Habits

Track the things you want to do more or less of

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Right-click menu

Configure which actions are shown when you right click

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Hover button actions

Configure which actions are shown when you hover over a task/project

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Check off behavior

Make checking off an item even more satisfying with sounds and visual effects

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Quick Add

Quickly add tasks from anywhere

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Icon Marker

Add colored icons to specific tasks and projects

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Text Color Marker

Mark certain tasks & projects with colored text

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Background Color Marker

Mark certain tasks & projects with a background color

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Skinny Sidebar

Everything is now just a click away!

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Rollover Scheduled Tasks

Automatically move scheduled tasks to today when you didn't finish them.

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Deep Links Strategy

How to link to a specific task or project from anywhere

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

The Dashboard

How to use the Amazing Marvin Dashboard

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Events

Learn more about the events type in Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Super Focus Mode (SFM)

Focus on one task at a time

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Calendar Sync (Google, iCal, Yahoo, CalDav)

How to sync your calendars with Amazing Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Custom Screens feature

Learn what you can do with the custom screens feature

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Snooze Feature

Hide a task or project until a specific time or for a set duration

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Review Date

Set a date to review a project or task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Agenda

See your daily list in a timeline

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Calendar

Learn about the Marvin calendar strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Smart List Day Alerts

Get a notification when a Smart List contains an item

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Top Mini List

See a Smart List as a small list on top of your day

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Work Session Scheduler

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Truncated List

Only see a fraction of your list at a time

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Bottom Menu

Show a menu along the bottom of the screen

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Category Context

Need to see in what category or project a task is in from your day view? Use the category context strategy!

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Task Labels (Tags)

Learn how to create labels, add them to tasks, edit and delete them

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Reminders (Notifications)

How to set reminders (notifications ) for tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Print lists

Print your day view, Smart Lists and projects

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Timers in Marvin

There are currently two built-in timers in Marvin: a sand clock and work session timer (aka pomodoro)

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Task and Project Notes

Enabling notes for tasks allows you to add some extra information to a task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Priority Stars

Assign three different priority levels to tasks and projects.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Smart Lists

Smart Lists are lists that automatically get populated based on some pre-set filters. Some people call this custom views or smart filters.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Custom Sidebar

How to use the custom sidebar strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Custom Squares

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Matrix

How to set up the Matrix strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Custom Text Links

Create a text menu at the top of your view

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Start Dates

Also known as tickler date or defer date (when a task/project becomes actionable)

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Dependencies

Don't see certain items until others are completed

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Focus Picker

How the focus picker strategy works

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Project Shortcuts

Have MIPs or other projects show up in your day view

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Most Important Projects

Assign a crown to your current most important projects (MIPs)

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

End Dates

How to use end dates

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Planning Ahead

Want to make a plan for what to do this month and this week? This strategy has you covered.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Week Scheduler

Use this strategy to plan your days a week ahead while seeing all days at a glance.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Backburner

How to use the Backburner strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Time Blocking

How to use the time blocking strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Missing Next Steps Warning

Easily see which project is missing next steps with the missing next steps warning/alert

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Weekly Review

All about the weekly review strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Eat the Frog

Learn how to assign frogs to tasks and when to do it

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Procrastination Count

Get an exclamation mark added to a task for each day you delayed it

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Saved Items/Templates

Have a task, group of tasks or project you need multiple times? Use templates/saved items.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Pinned Tasks

Pin a task and schedule a copy of it instead of the original task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Fast Add Buttons

Quickly add pre-configured tasks

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago

Email to Marvin

Send emails to your unique Marvin address to create a task or project in Marvin

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Staleness Warning

Easily see which task/project has gone stale (is very old)

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Time Tracking

Track how long you work on each task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Duration Estimates

Add a duration estimate to a task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Suggested Task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Random task

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Auto-schedule due Tasks

How to make sure Marvin schedules tasks that are due for you

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

The Task Jar

How the task jar strategy works

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Daily and Weekly Time Targets

How to set time tracking targets for yourself

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Day Progress Bar

Visualize your task completion for the day.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Main Category Sections

Group your tasks in the day view based on their main categories

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Just the essentials

Separate your daily tasks into "essential" and "bonus" tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Custom Sections

Section your day any way you want

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Time Block Sections

Section your daily list based on your time blocks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Break the day down

Break up your daily to-do list into morning, afternoon and evening

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Reward Tasks

How to use the reward tasks strategy

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Beat The Clock

A fun way to work off tasks

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Zapier Integration

Learn how to connect Marvin to thousands of apps with our Zapier integration.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

System Triggers

Desktop-only strategy!

Written by Mark
Updated over a week ago

Affirmations

See a custom message every day at the top of your day view

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Day Notes

Get a note space for each day to use for whatever you need

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

The Wall

See your tasks as squares

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Split View

How to use the right panel to show your Agenda or Day Note side-by-side next to your day view or main view.

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Line Marker

Mark tasks & projects with a colored line on the left

Written by Branko
Updated over a week ago