The daily ritual
Everything in Rymi serves one loop:
Capture -> Inbox -> commit to Today (or defer to Backlog) -> Work -> ArchiveLearn this and the rest of the app explains itself.
Capture
Section titled “Capture”A thought arrives. You press ⌘N, type it, and it lands in your Inbox. No
structure required, no commitment implied. The point is to get it out of your
head and back to what you were doing. See capturing tasks.
Inbox is a holding area, not a to-do list. Tasks sit here until you decide what they are: something for today, something for later, or something that belongs to a project. Inbox is processed, not worked.
Commit, or defer
Section titled “Commit, or defer”This is the decision the whole app is built around.
- Move a task to Today and you are committing: this is happening today.
- Move it to Backlog and you are deferring: it is alive, but not now.
Deferring is not failing. It is clarity. A short Today list that you finish beats a long one that you do not.
The morning check-in gives this decision a calm, dedicated surface. A warm sun icon appears each morning as a gentle signal that it is a good time to plan. You are never forced into it.
Through the day, you work Today. On the Mac, press ⌘⏎ to complete the
selected task. It moves to the Archive with a quiet check. Today is where your
attention lives.
Archive
Section titled “Archive”Completed and dropped tasks move to the Archive. It is a record of what happened, not a graveyard you have to tend. Nothing in Today is auto-wiped or rolled over; what you commit to stays until you act on it.
Why it is shaped this way
Section titled “Why it is shaped this way”Each stage maps to one of Rymi’s design principles: capture without guilt, commitment over collection, backlog as permission to defer. The loop is the product. The features are just the loop, made usable.