When you work for yourself, the to-do list has everything on it: three clients, your tax return, the website you keep meaning to update. Most tools make you pick one system for all of it.
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Clients
Harbour Bakery: new menu design
Completed (1)
First drafts
A branch per client
Put each client at the top level and their jobs underneath. A progress ring on each job shows how much is done without opening it.
Admin as tags, not projects
Type #invoices or #calls in any task, wherever it sits. The tag view gathers them, so Friday admin takes one screen.
Repeats for the boring parts
Quarterly tax, monthly reports, the weekly backup. Set them to repeat and they come back when they are due.
The features that help
TagsType a #hashtag in any task. Each tag gets its own view across every project.
Due dates and repeatsDates, quick picks and repeats. The Due view shows what is overdue, due today and coming up.
Nested tasksEvery task can hold subtasks, as deep as you need. Big jobs turn into small steps.
How to use recurring tasks for the jobs that come round daily, weekly, monthly or yearly, so you stop carrying them in your head. With examples to copy.