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The sections

Every task in Rymi lives in one section at a time. The sections are not folders you organise; they are levels of commitment.

Section Purpose Commitment
Inbox Capture raw thoughts Not committed
Today The day’s commitments Fully committed
Backlog Parked but alive Deferred
Archive Done or dropped Past

Where captured tasks land. Inbox is a processing queue, not an action list. Things stay here until you decide what to do with them. Tasks appear in the order you captured them and are not reorderable, because Inbox is not where you plan.

Where commitments live. Moving a task to Today means “this is happening.” Today persists across days: nothing is auto-wiped or rolled over. A long Today list is a broken promise to yourself, so the design gently encourages restraint, though it never imposes a limit.

Where deferred work waits. Backlog is not a dumping ground and not a graveyard. It is permission to say “not now” without losing the thread. Deadlines surface Backlog tasks automatically when they start to matter, so you can let go of them safely.

Where finished work goes. Completing a task (⌘⏎ on the Mac) or archiving it sends it here. The Archive separates completed tasks, archived tasks, and archived projects so you can see what you actually did. See the Archive reference.

When a task is selected, single keys move it:

  • T moves it to Today
  • B moves it to Backlog
  • A archives it (or unarchives, from the Archive)

The same moves are available by drag, by the row’s controls, and in the morning check-in. Whatever the surface, the meaning is constant: moving to Today is a commitment, moving to Backlog is a deferral.