This is the flow we had in mind when designing Griply. You don’t have to follow it exactly, Griply is flexible enough to fit many styles, but it’s a great starting point to connect your vision to your day-to-day work.

1. Define your life areas

When you first set up Griply, choose the main areas that make up your life, like Work & Career, Health, or Personal Development.

Why it matters: These are the “buckets” where everything else will live. They help you keep balance and see where your time is really going.

Learn more: Setting Up Your Life Areas

2. Start with the end in mind: Vision

For each life area, write down your big-picture vision, what you’re ultimately aiming for.

Example: In Work & Career, your vision might be “Run my own design studio serving creative entrepreneurs.”

Why it matters: Your vision keeps you anchored, so your goals aren’t just random tasks.

Learn more: Life Vision or Life Planning.

3. Create goals

Now ask: What can I do in the next few months or year to get closer to that vision?

Example: “Launch my first client project” or “Publish an industry blog series.”

Learn more: Creating & Planning Your First Goals

4. Break down goals into subgoals

These are smaller milestones that make the big goal achievable.

Example: “Redesign portfolio website” could be a subgoal under “Launch my first client project.”

Why it matters: Small wins keep you motivated.

5. Map out your (sub)goals on the timeline

Plan your subgoals for the upcoming week, months or years directly on the goals timeline so you see what’s coming and stay on track.

6. Add habits for consistency

Habits are the engine that keep your goals moving forward. Link them to goals or keep them standalone.

Example: A habit of “Write for 30 minutes” supports your Publish an industry blog series goal.

Learn more: Creating Your First Habits

7. Plan your week in Upcoming

• See all unplanned tasks from your goals, life areas, and standalone to-dos on the right.

• Drag & drop them into your weekly calendar on the left.

• Time block entire goals or life areas, even if you haven’t assigned tasks yet.

  Example: Reserve Wednesday morning for “Client project” or Friday afternoon for “Learning.”

Learn more: Plan Your Day & Week or Weekly Planning

8. Plan your day in Today

Each morning, open Today to see your tasks, habits, and events for the day. Reorder, time block, and filter to focus on what matters most.

Learn more: Plan Your Day & Week or Daily Planning

9. Capture everything in the Inbox

Whenever something comes up (an idea, a new task, a “don’t forget”) drop it in the Inbox. Later, process it into the right place.

Why it matters: It’s the GTD-style dumping ground that keeps your mind clear.

Learn more: GTD with Griply

10. Weekly review

Once a week, step back and look at the bigger picture:

• Check your progress in Insights.

• Adjust your goals or habits if needed.

• Plan the next week’s time blocks.

  Tip: Set up a “Weekly Review” habit so it never gets skipped.

Learn more: Weekly Planning or GTD with Griply

Long-term and/or short-term planning

Some people use Griply to plan the next five years. Others just want to organize this week. Both are perfectly fine.

• Short-term: Plan your week, track a few habits, stay consistent

• Mid-term: Work toward something meaningful in the next 3–6 months or set yearly goals

• Long-term: Set a direction for the bigger things in life with your life vision

Griply adapts to your life, not the other way around.

Griply works as both a goal planner and a powerful task manager

You can use Griply to manage your day-to-day tasks just like any dedicated to-do app — with the added benefit that everything can be connected to your bigger goals and life areas when you’re ready.

This means you can start simple with task lists and time blocking, and gradually link them to goals, habits, and visions as your planning evolves.

Tips for getting the most out of Griply

• Start small: One goal, one habit, a few tasks, that’s plenty. You can even just start with task management and add goals later.

• Start fresh: If you’re switching from another tool, don’t import everything. A clean slate helps.

• Reflect regularly: Set a task (with reminder) to review your week and adjust your plan.