[Things] Add colored tags

I've gone back and forth with Things over the years. Like many people, it keeps bringing me back after trying other options. I run a small design business and any SaaS project management options are just bloated with features I don't need and are very expensive (subscriptions) for a small business. I recently took some time to brainstorm in Claude how best to utilise Things with running my day to day. Wanted to share it here in case anyone might find it interesting to read. Would love to hear your thoughts on using Things this way or any tips to improve. # Areas **Active** Projects for active client work. Tagged with a project health tag and a project stage tag for quick overview and filtering. **Blocked** Projects move here if they pause due to any external blockers. Tagged with a blocked tag to show reasoning and for quick filtering. **Leads** Projects to track leads. Tagged with a lead health tag and a lead stage tag for quick overview and filtering. Any leads not yet ready to action will be tagged as new and set to someday. **Internal** Projects for internal projects. Tagged with a project health tag and a project stage tag for quick overview and filtering. If it’s a continuous project (eg Business Admin) then tagged as “Ongoing”. **Targets** Projects to track monthly and quarterly targets. Tagged with a target health tag for quick overview and filtering. # Projects **Notes** Project notes follow a set structure of unique code, short description and updates section depending on project type. These formats are added via Raycast snippets. **Unique Codes** A four character unique code is used for each project. If project is internal, then code is set to “INTERNAL”. Leads use the code “LEAD” until the stage changes to “Preparing Proposal” then a unique code is assigned. The purpose of the unique codes is to assign all documents (proposals, agreements, invoices etc) to that specific project and make them easily searchable. **Contacts** Only for lead projects the Raycast snippet will ask for lead contact details to display for quick reference. **Updates** Small time and date stamped updates for key actions and milestones of the project for future reference. Each update is added via a Raycast snippet. **Targets** Only for Target projects the Raycast snippet has a predefined description and no unique code. The snippet will ask for the specific dates of the target for reference. **Next Heading** Section for all actionable todos for the next week. Only todos under next are given a when date to start and deadline if required. **Blocked Heading** Section for all todos that are paused by an external blocker. Tagged with a blocked tag to show reasoning and for quick filtering. **Backlog Heading** Section for all other todos not yet ready to be actioned. **Milestones Heading** Exclusively for target projects. Breakdowns of targets to be checked off once achieved. # Todos **Focus Tags** All todos within a project are tagged with a focus tag for quick overview and filtering. **When Dates & Deadlines** These are only set once in the next heading within a project. **Non Project Todos** Any todos not linked to a project will only use the default areas of the Things app. No individual todos will sit in any area. # Repeat Review Todos **Weekly Opening Review** (Every Monday 8am) A checklist to start the week. Clear and sort inbox. Review any overdue items. Check project health and set actionable priorities for the coming week.  **Weekly Closing Review** (Every Friday 8am) A checklist to close the week. Check off any quick wins. Clear and sort inbox. Review projects and leads, adjust health where needed. Clean logbook. **Monthly Strategic Review** (Last Friday of the month 8am) A checklist to close the month. A deeper review of lead pipeline. Review targets and adjust strategy if required. Review health and status of ongoing internal projects. Set one actionable learning target to improve skills and output. # Logbook Only logged projects, leads and targets are kept in the logbook for future reference. General day to day todos (eg shopping lists, errands, etc) will be deleted from the logbook during the weekly closing review. # Tag Groups **Priority** Urgent Important **Health** On Track At Risk Off Track **Lead Stages** New Contacted Researching Preparing Proposal Proposal Sent Revising Proposal Won Rejected Expired **Project Stages** Ongoing Onboarding Production Review Final Review Invoiced Handover Complete Cancelled **Focus** Admin Discovery Strategy Content Design Identity Print Web Ai Photography Delivery Target **Blocked** Awaiting Response Awaiting Meeting Awaiting Signature Awaiting Content Awaiting Assets Awaiting Payment Paused # Would Love To See **Coloured Tags** Would be great for a quicker visual reference on projects and todos. **Headings That Filter By Tags** Displayed visually the same as headings. **Area Headings** Would be good to have headings within areas for further project organisation. Even better if they can show projects filtered by tags. **Views / Tabs in areas and projects.** Would love the option to have different views within an area or project. For example one view that has headings organised by my health tags and one tab with headings organised by status tags. **Timeline View** I know this one might be getting a bit away from what things is all about. But if I have projects set with a when date to start and a deadline. Would be nice to be able to see all projects from a specific area shown on a timeline. I know once the when date gets to today it stays at date and doesn’t reference the original start date, so it probably wouldn’t work. But would be nice to have.  **Rendered Markdown Text** Just would be nice to have. I like making notes in markdown. But to have it render out would be nice. I’m used to taking notes in Obsidian so it would suit how I make notes.