Strategies

Check off behavior

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

Written by Branko
Updated today

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 today

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

Project Focus Picker

How the project focus picker strategy works

Written by Christina
Updated over a week ago

Project Shortcuts

Have your MIPs shown at the top of your day as a project radial

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 this week

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