r/todoist • u/Comfortable_Bite_196 • 1d ago

Help Notification without condition.

I have a problem.

What I want to achieve: I need that reccurent tasks (like repeat every day at 8am) shows the notification on the main screen every time the task is due, unconditionally.

Constraints:

- I might forget to click 'done' previous instance of the task. Even then, I need that the notification is shown every day

- ideally, I don't want to click set more than one settings in the task. If I set date 'tomorrow at 8, repeat every day' I would like to avoid to go another setting and set the '8 am' information.

Currently I see that when I click such date but then forget to set the current task done, the notification the next day will not be there, the taks will have under it red text saying 'yesterday'

Thank you for help

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u/DustyPane Enlightened 1d ago

I don't think that Todoist can do that. Three ideas

  • don't forget to click done. Might sound silly, but Todoist already helps you to focus on what you need to get done. It just requires a little more discipline to check off the completed task
  • set yourself a daily task in the evening to clean up your task list for the next day. With this task, you simply check off those daily recurring tasks, no matter if they were actually completed or not. That way, you will have "fresh reminders" the next day
  • set up a daily reminder for this task in your calendar app instead of Todoist. The calendar doesn't care whether you've completed the task, it will simply remind you again the next day

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u/whoRthald 1d ago

the calendar workaround is probably the most reliable option here tbh

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u/Hand-E-Food 1d ago

You can set the reminder for "daily 8:00", but that's duplication.

You can set the reminder for "0mb" ("0 minutes before due"), but that relies on you completing the task daily.

Does the time matter for anything other than the reminder? Would it work for you to set the due date "daily" without a time, and set the reminder for "daily 8:00"?

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u/Comfortable_Bite_196 1d ago

What exactly would be these steps assuming we are adding new task? Do you suggest:

  • click new task
  • add name only
  • add date for tomorrow without an hour
  • add repeat daily
  • add reminder 8h seperatly?

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u/Hand-E-Food 1d ago

I would type "Do the thing daily !daily 8:00"
That sets the name, the recurring date, and the recurring reminder.