Mind Your Now is a task application designed around a specific, opinionated method rather than a blank to-do list. It implements Michael E. Linenberger's Master Your Now approach, in which you ask one question — the "Going Home Test": would I stay late to finish this? — and the answer routes the task. Say yes and it becomes a Critical Now item, capped at five per day. Say no and it goes into Opportunity Now (up to twenty items, a ten-day shortlist), Over the Horizon (anything further out, which stays out of sight until its start date arrives), or the Parking Lot for someday ideas.
The AI layer is Kaia, an optional planning assistant. What sets her apart from generic AI schedulers is accountability: whenever Kaia changes a task on her own, she writes her name, the timestamp and the reason directly onto that task, and leaves an Undo button next to it. She will not move anything into Critical Now without your approval. The site's own examples show her explaining that a passport renewal needs starting earlier because a flight is on October 30, or that the post office takes appointments Tuesday to Thursday.
The app is deliberately aimed at running a whole life, not just work. Chores, grocery lists, habits and focus timers sit alongside professional tasks, and the Family Pack gives up to five people their own accounts with shared lists synced through Mind Your Now's servers. It runs on web, iPhone, iPad and Android, works offline, and — unusually for 2026 software — is sold as a one-time purchase: $59 for the core app, with Kaia the only subscription at $7.99 a month.
