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To-do list anxiety means we feel discouraged when we see a laundry list of incomplete tasks still left to do. Here are some alternatives to consider instead.

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I've found a better approach to task management is to organize to-do actions based on urgency, priority, or the sense of accomplishment they'll reward me with. 

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If you find yourself using your inbox as a to-do list, there's a better way. With the help of this Zap, any time you star an email in Gmail, it will automatically create a to-do item for you in Todoist.

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Gmail

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Attachment

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

New Email

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

New Email Matching Search

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find Email

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Draft Reply

Create Label

Send Email

Remove Label From Email

Reply to Email

Managing millions of tasks, Todoist is an online task management app and todo list. It has Web, iPhone, Android, Chrome, Firefox, Outlook flavors (and more!).

Todoist

Triggers when you complete a task (including recurring tasks) on a project.

New Completed Task

Triggers when you complete a task on a project.

New Complete Task

Triggers when an item with a specific label is completed.

New Complete Task With Label

Triggers when you add an incomplete task to a project.

New Incomplete Task

New Project

Find Project

Find Task

Searches for a user who is connected/shared with your account.

Find User

Find or Create project.

Find or Create Item

Sends an e-mail to a person, inviting them to use one of your projects.
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Invite User to Project

Mark Task as Completed

Move Task to Section

Adds a comment to a task (only available for Todoist Premium users).

Add Comment to Task

Adds a new comment to a project (only available for Todoist Premium users).

Add Comment to Project

Create Project

Create Task

Update Task

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

Add new starred emails to Todoist as tasks [Business Gmail Accounts Only]

Stay on top of your team’s activity and conversations without ever having to leave your Notion interface. This integration automatically adds each new message posted to a specified channel in Slack to a database in Notion.

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Slack

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

New User

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team.

Notion

Triggers when a new item is created in a database.

New Database Item

Triggers when a new (non-database item) page is created your workspace or selected subpage.

New Page

Triggers when an item in a selected database is updated.

Updated Database Item

Updated Page

Triggers when a page or database item is updated. Optionally select a parent page or database to monitor.

Updated Page or Database Item

Retrieves the children of a block, with any text content rendered as Markdown.

Retrieve Block Children

Retrieves a list of un-resolved comments from a Page as line-items.

Get Page Comments

Searches for an item in a database by property.

Find Database Item

Find Page (By Title)

Retrieves the comments for the provided page, or creates one if no comments are found.

Find or Create Comment

Searches for a Database Item matching the provided query, or creates one if it does not exist.

Find or Create Database Item

Add Comment

Create Database Item

Create Page

Add Content to Page

Update Database Item

Save new Slack channel messages to databases in Notion

Don't want to waste time on meetings? Make sure everything and everyone is prepared ahead of time. With this integration, every new meeting on your Google Calendar automatically creates a task on Any.do to help you get prepared.

Google Calendar lets you organize your schedule and share events with co-workers and friends. With Google's free online calendar, it's easy to keep track of your daily schedule.

Google Calendar

New Calendar

Triggers when an event is cancelled or deleted.

Event Cancelled

Event Ended

Triggers when a specified amount of time before an event starts.

Event Start

Triggers when an event is created or updated (except when it's cancelled).

New or Updated Event

New Event

Triggers when an event is created that matches a search.

New Event Matching Search

Find Event

Finds a specific event by its ID in your calendar.

Retrieve Event by ID

Finds multiple events in your calendar as line items.

Find Multiple Events

Find or Create Event

Invites one or more person to an existing event.

Add Attendee(s) to Event

Create Calendar

Delete Event

Create Detailed Event

Create an event from a piece of text. Google parses the text for date, time, and description info.

Quick Add Event

Updates an event. Only filled fields are updated.

Update Event

Any.do is a simple & powerful way to manage Projects, To-do lists & Reminders. Available on Web, iPhone, Android, Mac, Windows & More.

Any.do Personal

New Task

Task Completed

Find or Create Task

Create List

Create tasks on Any.do for new Google Calendar events

We all have those tasks that need to get done on a recurring schedule. This Zap will create a to-do in Things on a recurring schedule, just choose whether you want it to run daily, weekly, or monthly.

Schedule is a native Zapier app you can use for recurring tasks. Trigger an action every day of the month, every day of the week or every single day. You can also select the hour of the day. If you're a developer, this is similar to a crontab, cronjob or cron.

Schedule by Zapier

Triggers at user-defined intervals (days, weeks, months)

Custom Frequency

Every Day

Every Hour

Triggers every month, on the day(s) selected.

Every Month

Triggers every week, on the day(s) selected.

Every Week

Things is an award-winning personal task manager for Mac and iOS that helps you achieve your goals.

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