When I first stumbled upon * last month, honestly I was completely lost. That dashboard looked like NASA mission control to me – buttons everywhere, weird graphs, zero instructions. My dumbass just kept clicking random tabs hoping something would make sense. Spoiler: it didn’t. I even tried yelling at my monitor like a caveman. Total waste of 3 hours.
The lightbulb moment
Finally swallowed my pride and searched YouTube tutorials. Found this dude’s video where he said to ignore 80% of the screen and focus only on two things: the activity heatmap and priority sliders. Blew my mind. Next morning I brew extra strong coffee and do this:
- Deleted every default project label (they were useless trash)
- Hid all calendar integration crap (instant migraine relief)
- Set ALL notification settings to OFF (best decision ever)
Suddenly the interface became clean – just a purple activity graph and three sliders staring back at me. Felt like someone lifted fog from my brain.
My game-changing workflow
Discovered the magic happens when you abuse the energy vs urgency sliders. Here’s my exact routine now:
- Brain dump tasks into the input box like a maniac while eating breakfast
- Drag energy slider to “zombie mode” (coffee hasn’t kicked in yet)
- Watch * automagically push boring admin crap to next week
- When afternoon energy hits, slam urgency to “hair on fire” setting
- Watch it reschedule 3 meetings so I can crush actual important work
Sounds stupid simple but holy crap – completed 3x more work last week without burnout. The AI started predicting when I’d procrastinate! Creepy but brilliant.
Bonus pro tips nobody tells you
- If the priority algorithm pisses you off, lie about task deadlines. Suddenly “buy dog food” becomes urgent if you set due date to yesterday
- Color-code tasks red only for stuff that gets you paid. Purple for everything else. Visual hack forces money focus
- When overwhelmed, hit the “panic button” (my term for the reset wizard). It murders low-priority tasks like a digital hitman
After 6 weeks of daily use? * basically runs my business while I take credit. Still find new tricks every Tuesday though – yesterday learned it syncs with my smart lights to flash red when I’ve ignored important emails too long. Wild stuff.
