01 Capture broadly
Let the backlog hold the possibilities.
Add an idea, task, or decision while it is fresh. A short title is enough; timing and structure can wait until they become useful.
Action planning
Plan by what needs to move.
Capture broadly, focus narrowly, and move the plan as reality changes—without turning planning into a project of its own.
The planning model
Give every horizon a different job.
A useful plan does not make every task visible at once. It separates possibility from commitment, so attention can stay on the work that is ready to move.
Backlog
What might matter?
Today
What will move now?
Next
What deserves a future place?
One board. Three planning moves.
The board stays simple because its structure follows decisions you already make: collect, focus, and adjust.
02 Focus narrowly
Let Today hold only the work that deserves attention.
Choose a realistic set of actions for the day instead of treating every item in the backlog as equally urgent.
03 Adapt continuously
Move the plan when reality changes.
Shift work between Tomorrow, Next Week, and later horizons without recreating the action or losing the thinking attached to it.
Example · Weekly planning
A plan that can survive the week.
The goal is not to predict the week perfectly. It is to keep the next move clear as new information arrives.
See the whole field
Collect the work that may matter this week and keep uncertain items in the backlog.
Respond to what changed
Move newly urgent work into view and push lower-priority actions forward without reorganizing the system.
Finish with context intact
Complete the actions that moved, review what remains, and carry unfinished work into the next horizon.
Questions
Good to know.
Do I have to assign a date to every action?
No. Actions can stay in the backlog until you know when they matter. Add timing only when it helps you decide what deserves attention.
Can one action contain smaller actions?
Yes. Create child actions when a task grows into a sequence of smaller moves. The parts stay connected to the outcome they support.
What happens after an action is done?
Completed actions leave the active planning view, but their written context remains available. Tag the work worth keeping so it can continue as useful reference material.
Blog
Why start with action?
Learn how action-centered note-taking delays organization until useful patterns appear.
Read the article →Documentation
Create your first action
Follow the core Plan → Think → Keep workflow from the beginning.
Open the documentation →Continue the workflow