There’s a big difference between a hard deadline (filing your taxes by the due date, say) and a nice-to-have deadline (finishing your taxes on the Friday before they’re due). That’s why the elegant task manager Things 3 lets you differentiate between the two. When you create a to-do item, the app gives you the option of setting a due date (as well as a reminder).

There’s a clear benefit to taking this extra step: you can easily hide tasks that aren’t due yet. Simply click the Hide Later Items button and these to-dos won’t appear on your Today list until you need to accomplish them.

For more pressing tasks, mark a due date of Today or even This Evening. You also have the option of clicking Add Reminder for a specific day. This flags your task and shows you the number of days you have left to finish it.

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