When I was about 9 years old, I experienced a moment of pure magic on a sun-kissed beach somewhere along South Africa's north coast.

As I repeatedly kicked a red, plastic ball directly into the ocean with all my might, the wind blew it high up and over the waves—further than I could have managed on my own—as it disappeared from sight. For over an hour, I was in the moment, hypnotized… trusting the outcome even though I couldn't see the ball until the fourth or fifth wave brought it back to shore – the surf washing it up again, almost at my feet.

On that fateful day—with the help of steady sets of waves at predictable intervals—I discovered a sublime workflow that gave me the results I wanted each and every time.

Looking back, I realize that a perfect convergence of factors contributed to that slice of magic: the size and frequency of the waves at high tide, the direction of the wind, and perhaps even the phase of the moon on that particular day might have all played their parts. Had the combination of factors been different, I would have surely lost my ball to the elements, and there would have been no magic of which to tell.

Decades later—and well into my productivity pilgrimage—I've always pursued the essence of that childhood memory: a reliable workflow that keeps doing what you want it to do… again and again and again. In the task goes, and out it comes. The task surfaces at the right time and the right place, just like my ball that consistently came back to me on that nameless beach in South Africa.

With the WorkFlowy Timeline, you get to put your task into an intuitive system and have it stream toward you one day at a time. It's not going to get lost in the great deep. It's the simplest of systems you can imagine – where you can throw anything into it, and have it come back to you at the opportune time. You'll see each task when you need to see it… and then it's just you and the task, immersed in a moment of blissful focus.

Just like the small handful of factors that contributed to the magic of that childhood memory, the WorkFlowy Timeline combines the right elements to make productivity seamless, focused and precise. You simply trust the outcome… and experience your very own magic continuum every day you live and operate on that timeline.

Basic layout: From the outside looking in →

Workflowy is a minimalist note taking app that helps you organize your life. Simple enough to hold your grocery list, powerful enough to hold your entire life.

The WorkFlowy Timeline

by Frank Degenaar

Part 2: Everything Actionable
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21