Why this exists
For years, I jumped from tool to tool for task management. Trello, Todoist, Notion, pen and paper, a blank Google Doc — nothing stuck.
Each one got overloaded. I'd get overwhelmed, end up with a long list of rotting tasks, and start over again — burning hours rebuilding my list from scratch or learning a new tool.
I was addicted to making the list, not doing it.
Eventually I stopped trying to manage a system at all. I'd just open a blank doc with 3-5 tasks for the day. A short list, a clean screen, no ceremony.
This worked — until I had 79 Google Docs titled "Today" and no way to track the backlog behind them.
What I actually needed:
- A place to dump tasks and ideas the second they hit my brain
- A way to turn that mess into a handful of fully-formed, deadlined tasks
- An AI brain to help narrow it all down to what's worth doing today
- A distraction-free page for actually doing the work — not planning it
Endless to-do lists leave you stuck and burned out. Finishing 3-5 things a day builds real momentum.
So I built Narrow.
It's just 5 tabs:
- Bucket — dump anything, anytime. Get it out of your head, no formatting required.
- Live — the tasks that made the cut. Fully formed, frictionless, ready to act on — nothing sits here and rots.
- Today — your distraction-free list for today, built for doing, not planning. AI helps you build this list each morning; 3-5 items instead of 20.
- Done — everything you finished. A quiet log that adds up — great for a yearly look back at what you actually did.
- Velocity — simple stats on your patterns and pace, enough to build momentum without turning into another dashboard to obsess over.
I built this for myself and have used it for months—made hundreds of tweaks, and it's the first system I've used every single day without falling off.
If your list keeps growing, your brain keeps needing to be emptied out, and you want something clean and underwhelming that helps you get out of your own way — this might be for you too.
A few friends asked for access. Now it's public.
Clear the noise and tackle your 3-5 tasks per day.
Try it free for 7 days. Then $9/month.
