Using custom tags as a traditional task manager
Mood2do is built around mood — but sometimes you just need to see all your garden tasks in one place. Custom tags let you do both.
The problem with pure mood-based lists
Mood2do is great at surfacing the right task for how you feel right now. But sometimes you want a more traditional view — a project list, a shopping list, all your errands for Saturday.
Custom tags give you that without changing how the mood system works.
What are custom tags?
Custom tags are free-text labels you add to individual tasks — things like "garden", "admin", "shed", "shopping", or "holiday prep". They're completely separate from mood tags and never appear in the mood picker.
You can add as many tags as you like to a task, and a task can have multiple tags — for example "garden" and "shed" on the same task.
How to add a tag
When adding or editing a task, scroll to the Tags field. You'll see any tags you've already used as clickable pills — click one to add it to the task.
To create a new tag, type it in the text box and press Enter. Tags are saved in lowercase automatically.
Filtering by tag
Go to Task list. Once you have at least one tag in use, it appears as a green filter button in the filter bar — alongside the existing Work, Personal, and mood filters.
Click a tag to filter to tasks with that tag. Click multiple tags to see tasks that match any of them.
Tags disappear from the filter bar automatically when no tasks use them — so the list stays clean.
A practical example
Say you're planning a day in the garden. You've tagged several tasks with "garden" — mow the lawn, clear the shed, plant the tomatoes, fix the fence.
Open Task list, click the "garden" filter, and you have your focused gardening list for the day — no mood required.
Tags and moods work together
You don't have to choose between mood-based and tag-based working. A task can have both mood tags and custom tags.
On a normal day, pick your mood and let Mood2do surface the right tasks. On a project day, filter by tag and work through the list. Same app, two different ways of working.