My Next Thing Today
See the big picture. Act on one thing at a time.
MNTT is a focus companion for people who make things—creatives, consultants, and anyone juggling clients across time zones. Your week, your people, and your current priority stay in view. The main screen shows one live next step—not a guilt-inducing backlog.
Tasks, checklists, notes, Quick Notes for phone numbers and quick sketches, due dates, and time tracking are there when you need them. What you see first is what matters now—and when a schedule needs a pipeline instead, Board view lets you drag actions across lanes without giving up the calm default.
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Altitude, not inventory
Built for the big picture—not rivet-counting
Yes, MNTT has tasks—with checklists, notes, due dates on your calendar, and time tracking per action. But it sits higher on the ladder than a traditional todo app. The design bet is simple: help you focus on what belongs right now, not maintain an endless inventory of every micro-step.
For most creatives and consultants, that is enough to ditch the separate todo list. When a schedule needs a pipeline—marketing plans, study queues, launch checklists—opt into Board view and drag actions across lanes instead of counting checkboxes. If your work demands counting every rivet while building the airplane, you may still want a dedicated project manager alongside MNTT. For everyone else—this might be the only screen you need open.
Fan favorite
Glance on screen two. Work on screen one.
Park MNTT on a secondary monitor as your always-on command center—current task front and center, world clocks for your collaborators, upcoming events if you want them, and quick-access buttons for timer, notes, Quick Notes, and reminders. Bold when you need context. Minimal when you need calm.
Always visible
Keep your dashboard on a side monitor—task, clocks, events, always in peripheral view.
Snap to primary
Tap Quick Notes, Notes, Timer, Reminder, or the app icon—MNTT jumps to your primary monitor where you actually type.
Snap back
Finish your note or timer, and it returns to the second screen. See data where it is comfortable; interact where your keyboard lives.
Seeing is fine on an alternate monitor. Typing across one is a pain—we fixed that.
Always within reach
Quick Notes — reference at a glance, sketch without another app
Keep support numbers, meeting IDs, and call notes on a multi-page canvas right inside MNTT. Color stickies for the stuff you look up ten times a day. Drop simple symbols and shapes when a whiteboard would help— but you are not opening a second tool to brainstorm for five minutes.
Stickies & links
Pin phone extensions, PINs, vendor lines, and Zoom URLs. Optional links open in your browser with one click.
Multi-page canvas
Tabs for “On this call,” “Client reference,” or a scratch brainstorm—each page keeps its own layout.
Text, symbols & draw
Labels, flowchart symbols, boxes, lines, ellipses, and freeform pen—view mode for reference, Edit when you need to change something.
On a client call? Jot names on stickies while the canvas holds your agenda sketch. Mapping a user flow? Drop diamonds and arrows without alt-tabbing to a diagram app. Consultants keep one page per client; creatives park WiFi passwords and studio numbers where Focus already lives.
Enable it in Setup after signup; open from the amber button on Focus.
Optional depth—not a replacement for focus
Board view — track progress by moving, not checking off
The default is still one live next step. When a schedule needs more—study queues, launch plans, marketing workflows—switch that schedule to Board view. See your actions laid out in lanes and drag cards as work advances. Position on the board is the progress signal; no guilt-inducing wall of unchecked boxes required.
Per-schedule, opt-in
Linear single-action focus stays the default. Turn on Board layout only for schedules that benefit from a visible pipeline.
Custom lanes
Start with New, Doing, Done—or rename lanes to match how you actually work. Drag cards between columns on desktop; tap to move on mobile.
Movement as tracking
Hide the complete checkbox when dragging is enough—ideal for marketing plans, review queues, and workflows where “where it sits” tells the story.
Mapping a campaign from draft to live? Park each piece on the board and slide it forward as it ships. Studying for a certification? Lanes for “to review,” “in progress,” and “solid” beat a checkbox marathon. Consultants can keep client delivery on a board while the rest of the week stays on one loud next step.
Not a Jira replacement—a calm board when altitude matters more than rivet-counting.
Who it is for
Same calm surface. Different reasons to love it.
Creatives
One loud next step when your mind has a hundred open tabs. Block deep-work time, add checklists when a piece needs breaking down, and strip the UI when the screen feels loud.
Consultants
Color-block client hours on your schedule. Track time per task. Due dates on the calendar. Put a client deliverable on Board view when progress means sliding cards—not checking boxes.
Distributed teams
Live world clocks for Berlin, Austin, Tokyo—on the same surface as your current task. Never alt-tab to ask “is it too late to ping them?”
Everything you might need—nothing you don’t
Each piece is optional. Toggle features on when a project calls for them; hide the rest so your focus screen stays calm.
One next action, front and center
The main screen shows the single task in play by default—not a wall of unchecked boxes. Move through your list at your pace; the full inventory stays tucked away.
Board view (per schedule)
When a project needs a visible pipeline, switch that schedule to Board layout. Drag actions across custom lanes—marketing plans, study queues, anything where position is the progress.
Schedules that match your rhythm
Paint your week in color blocks—client hours, creative time, flex space. MNTT tracks time left in the week and block, then switches automatically when your day moves on.
Time tracking per task
Track hours against individual actions—ideal for consultants billing client time or anyone who wants to know where the day actually went.
Checklists, notes & due dates
Break a task into steps with checklists. Attach rich-text notes. Set due dates that appear on your calendar. Depth when you need it—quiet when you don’t.
Quick Notes
Multi-page reference board with stickies, optional links, and a canvas for text, symbols, and quick sketches. Brainstorm on the call—no second app for a five-minute diagram.
Focus mode
The main display is already calm. Focus mode goes further—a stripped-back, single-task kiosk that dials the noise all the way down for deep sessions or a side monitor.
Places & world clocks
Pin studios, clients, or teammates with live timezone clocks—so “what time is it for them?” never sends you down a browser tab spiral.
Timers & smart reminders
Countdown timers beside your task. Meeting alerts. Recurring nudges—yes, even “get up and walk every 20 minutes.” Gentle reminders, not nagging.
Dual-monitor snap
Always-on dashboard on screen two. Tap to snap to primary for typing. Snap back when done. See where it’s comfortable; work where your keyboard is.
GitHub integrations
Pull selected issues into the right schedule block—a light collaboration hook, not a GitHub issue manager. Coordinate without living in a backlog view.
Time management that flexes with you
Meeting reminder? Set it. Task deadline on the calendar? Done. Recurring nudge to stand up every twenty minutes? Seriously—you can do that too. Countdown timers for deep-work sprints, block-boundary alerts with sound, and due dates that show where you expect them.
Gentle nudges, not nagging. Turn on what helps; hide what does not.
You’re in charge. We’re the quiet co-pilot.
Most productivity tools act like a manager leaning over your shoulder. MNTT takes a different bet: you already know how you work best. What you need is a calm surface that keeps you in the flow—not another place to feel behind.
Block your week the way you think about it—client hours, deep creative time, flex space. When the clock hits a block, MNTT switches context and shows what’s next inside it. Skip ahead, swap tasks, or drop into Focus mode when even the minimal UI feels like too much.
See it in action
Two minutes from “where do I even start?” to a calmer, clearer workspace.
Shape your week—then let go of the list
Block time for the work that matters, cluster similar actions together, and let MNTT handle the handoffs. Your calendar becomes a map, not a scorecard—and the main screen still shows just one live action at a time.
Watch the week-structuring walkthrough →Built because I needed it—and use it every day
I couldn’t find a tool that showed me a clean “next” without drowning me in everything else. So I built MNTT: schedules that switch on their own, one clear action on screen, Board view when a plan needs lanes instead of checkboxes, timezone cards when my team is scattered, time tracking when I need it, Quick Notes for the numbers I look up every week, and a dual-monitor snap workflow I genuinely cannot live without.
It won’t shame you for what’s unfinished or tell you how you “should” work. It is a steady companion for the hours when you want to stay in the zone and actually ship something.
Come as you are
MNTT is free, and we’d genuinely love to have you here. You don’t need to join a forum—just knowing you’re using it means something to us. If you ever want to share how it’s going, we’re listening.
Send us a note →Common questions
Is My Next Thing Today a task manager? +
MNTT sits higher on the ladder than a traditional todo app. It has tasks, checklists, notes, due dates, and time tracking—but the main screen is built for the big picture: one clear next step by default, not a wall of unchecked boxes. Per-schedule Board view adds draggable lanes when a pipeline makes more sense than checkboxes. If your work needs rivet-by-rivet project management, you may still want a dedicated PM tool. For most creatives and consultants, MNTT is enough to ditch the separate todo list.
Can MNTT replace my todo list? +
For many people, yes. You can add steps with checklists, attach notes, set due dates that appear on your calendar, and track time per task. The difference is what you see by default: your current focus front and center, with the full list tucked away until you need it. If your workflow is about altitude—not counting every rivet while building the airplane—MNTT was built for you.
What are Quick Notes? +
Quick Notes is a multi-page reference board inside MNTT—color stickies for phone numbers and short reminders, optional links, and a canvas for text, simple symbols, and quick sketches (boxes, lines, freeform draw). Use view mode for glanceable reference on a second monitor; tap Edit when you need to update. It is built for “look this up again in five minutes” and five-minute brainstorms—not long journal entries (that is Notes).
What is Board view? +
Board view is an optional per-schedule layout—not a replacement for single-action focus. Switch a schedule to Board in Setup → Schedules → Display (or set a workspace default) to see actions in draggable lanes with custom names (default: New, Doing, Done). Drag cards on desktop; use lane buttons on mobile. You can hide the complete checkbox when moving cards is the progress signal—great for marketing plans, study queues, and workflows where position on the board tells the story. Linear one-next-step focus remains the default.
How does the dual-monitor snap feature work? +
Park MNTT on a secondary monitor as your always-on dashboard—current task, world clocks, upcoming events, quick actions. When you need to type or interact, tap Quick Notes, Notes, Timer, Reminder, or the app icon and MNTT snaps to your primary monitor (wherever you configured it). Finish, and it snaps back to the second screen. Glance where it is comfortable; work where your keyboard lives.
Is MNTT useful for consultants and client work? +
Yes. Block dedicated time for each client using color-coded schedules, assign tasks to those blocks, set due dates, and track time per task. Your main screen always answers “who am I working for right now?” without opening a separate billing or todo app.
What kind of reminders and deadlines can I set? +
Meeting reminders, task due dates on the calendar, block-boundary alerts, countdown timers for deep work, and recurring nudges—like a gentle ping every 20 minutes to stand up and walk. Each is optional; turn on what helps and hide the rest.
What is Focus mode? +
The main display is already calm—one live action, optional clocks and cards you can hide. Focus mode dials the noise down further: a stripped-back, single-task view ideal for a side monitor or a do-not-disturb session. Use it when even the minimal UI feels like too much.
Can I use Places just for world clocks? +
Absolutely. Places are optional cards with live timezone clocks for teammates, clients, or studios around the globe. Many people use MNTT primarily to see what time it is for the people they work with—without opening another browser tab. You do not need to use schedules or actions to benefit from Places.
Is My Next Thing Today free? +
Yes. You can create a free account and start using MNTT in about a minute—no credit card required.
What does the GitHub integration do? +
It is a light collaboration hook—not a full issue manager. Pull selected issues from your repos into the right schedule block so your code context and your focus screen stay connected. Your issues stay in GitHub; MNTT helps you coordinate without living in a backlog view.
Early feedback from makers like you
“I stopped reorganizing my task list and started opening the actual tool. One loud next step changed my mornings.”
— Sarah, product designer
“I block client hours and track time per task—finally one screen that answers who I am working for right now.”
— Marcus, independent consultant
“The snap-to-primary thing is genius. Dashboard on my second monitor, notes on my main screen—no awkward reach-across.”
— Alex, animation director
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