Recurring tasks

A recurring task repeats on a schedule. Rymi shows only one occurrence at a time, so a daily habit never floods your list with a hundred future copies.

Create one

Two ways:

• While capturing, write the repeat in plain language and let smart parsing catch it: Water the plants every 3 days.
• In the detail panel, use the Repeats picker.

Presets cover the common cases (every day, every weekday, every week, every two weeks, every month). On the Mac you can also set a custom interval, day of the week, or day of the month from the picker.

When it first comes due

If the task has no deadline when you set the repeat, Rymi gives it one: the first day the schedule lands on, starting today. every Wednesday set on a Monday is due this Wednesday; set on a Wednesday, it’s due today. A plain interval (every day, every week, every month) starts today. The deadline is what brings the task forward when it matters, so a repeat never goes quiet in your Backlog.

If the task already has a deadline, Rymi keeps it. Removing the repeat leaves the deadline as it is.

How occurrences work

A recurring task is always a single live occurrence. When you act on it, the next one appears in your Backlog:

• Complete it and the next occurrence is created.
• Archive it and the next occurrence is still created.
• Skip it (S) to move to the next occurrence without completing or archiving the current one. Nothing is recorded as done; you simply move on.

A small repeat icon marks recurring tasks in the list.

Scheduling modes

A repeat can be anchored two ways:

• Fixed: the schedule follows the calendar (every Monday stays every Monday, even if you finish late).
• After completion: the next occurrence is measured from when you finish, which suits “every few days” style chores.

Deleting a recurring task

Deleting a recurring task stops the recurrence entirely. Rymi warns you, because unlike skip or complete, delete does not spawn a next occurrence. See history, undo & delete.