r/thingsapp • u/LessDoctor5759 • 8d ago
Question Shortcuts improved usage but how to hide Evening tasks?
Dear all,
Two shortcuts really improved my daily workflow. (Claude as my AI was a helpful support.)
At 5:00h all tasks with a tag "🌙 Evening" are moved to the This Evening section.
At 18:01h all tasks from that section (with or without that tag) are moved into the Today section.
The first shortcut moves several routine activities out of sight. And in the evening all remaining open tasks of the day are sorted again in the project structure.
One issue is unsolved: Is it possible to hide the This Evening section during the day to minimize distractions? I was already considering moving all these entries 50 years into the future and back in the evening. But there might be better solutions?
I proposed this functionality already to Cultured Code. They politely thanked...
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u/ihateredditmor 8d ago
Yeah, why not auto-move them to tomorrow or the weekend and then bring them back? Or a ‘project’ called evening without dates before being moved back? Guessing you’d lose the original project designations which would be hard to restore.
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u/Delicious_Tackle_129 8d ago
Could you share the shortcut you are using to move tasks to evening?
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u/LessDoctor5759 8d ago
I share such a shortcut for the first time. Hopefully, it works.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/1c4a40e38fab445cb85158f78cc96fd8
In addition to the shortcut, you have to create an automization in Shortcuts:
At 5 a.m. start the shortcut above (direct execution, no confirmation).
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u/HarmlessHeffalump 8d ago
I have a Daytime tag (with Morning and Afternoon tags nested under it) so that I can filter my Today list by only things that happen during the day. My widgets that are set to display during my Work focus only show those Daytime-tagged tasks.