What Zeitlicht is for

I want to …

… understand the three surfaces Zeitlicht gives you and when to use each one.

Before you start

Here's how

1. Open Board. This is the task surface. Cards move from left to right until they land in Done.
2. Mark exactly one task as your focus. It stays in its column and lights up, and it drives the timer. Pick the thing you are doing now – not three things at once. Focus another task and the first one simply leaves focus.
3. Give a column a limit if you want to see when too much sits there. Every column except Done can carry one, and going over shows a hint on the header instead of blocking the move.
4. Add a task with nothing but a title. Due date, priority, estimate, checklist, and recurrence are modules you switch on per task when you need them. They belong to Pro and Ultra; on Free the path only leads to Choose your plan.
5. Open Notes. These are full documents, not tasks. Use them for research, minutes, or thoughts you later attach to tasks. You can search them and pin the ones you keep coming back to. The Random note is always there: whatever pops up goes in, without deciding where it belongs. Above it, the Parking lot holds links you want to close now and see again later. Each stays lit for 30 days.
6. Open Focus. The light column burns down the chosen duration, so you read the time left from the corner of your eye instead of a clock. Pick a fixed duration or Pomodoro with rounds and breaks; a sound closes the session. Your focus task sits under the timer; tap it to edit everything and press Done when you are finished. Without a focus task the timer still runs.
7. Connect the surfaces when one thought should live in more than one place: in descriptions and notes you can mention topics, tags, tasks, notes, and people with #, ##, ###, ####, and @.

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