Hierarchy
Spheres, projects, tasks, subtasks, stones and wanderers.
Monolith’s Hierarchy
Everything in Monolith follows a clear structure. From the broadest to the most concrete. From vision to physical step.
Spheres — Your life areas
Your long-term goals. They don’t have deadlines. They’re not urgent — they’re important. A Sphere is the “why” behind everything you do.
What for? Group projects by life area to understand the full picture without getting lost in details.
How to use them? Create from Foundations > “Create area”. A project can belong to one sphere, or exist without one (as a Wanderer).
Philosophy: Without a “why”, tasks become noise. Spheres are your compass — they don’t tell you what to do today, but they ensure what you do is heading the right way.
Projects — Your active commitments
A project is a set of tasks that bring you closer to a goal. It’s not “one of these days” — it’s something you decided will happen.
What for? Organize tasks into coherent groups so you don’t feel like you’re doing “random things” all the time.
How to use them? They live in Foundations grouped by Sphere. Each project has a state (active, paused, completed) and a progress bar.
Philosophy: If it’s not in a project, it doesn’t exist. Projects are your reality filter: if it’s not worth being a project, it’s probably not worth doing.
Tasks — Your actions with dates
A task is something that happens at a specific moment. It has a date (optional but recommended), can have a time, and always has at least one concrete step to start.
What for? Turn “I should do this” into “this happens on this day at this time”. Without a date, a task is just an idea.
How to use them? Created from the ”+” modal in the Header, from a project, or from Embers. They require at least one subtask to save. Can be marked as “critical” for immediate escalation.
Philosophy: We live in two times: now and not now. Giving a task a date moves it from “not now” to “now” — even if it’s tomorrow.
Subtasks — The first physical step
“Study” is not a real task. “Open the book to page 45” is. Subtasks are Monolith’s most important tool: they force you to break every abstract idea into a first step you can do NOW.
What for? Break down vague tasks into physical, concrete steps. Each subtask has an estimated time so you know how long it will take.
How to use them? Added when creating or editing a task. The save button stays disabled until you’ve added at least one. In the Horizon, subtask hours are automatically cascaded from the parent task’s time (shown with ~).
Philosophy: The brain can’t execute “study physics”. It can execute “read page 45”. Subtasks are the bridge between intention and action.
Stones — Your fixed habits
The things that don’t change in your week: English class on Mondays, the gym on Tuesdays, Thursday’s meeting. They’re not tasks because there’s no decision to make — they get done. Period.
What for? Fixed habits take their place in your agenda without needing to create them as tasks each week.
How to use them? Configured in Settings > Stones. Each stone has: name, time, and weekdays it occurs. They appear automatically in Horizon on corresponding days, without a checkbox (they don’t get “completed” — they exist).
Philosophy: Not everything in life is a task to be completed. Some things just happen. Stones are the reminder that there is life beyond the to-do list.
Wanderers — Projects without an area
Not all projects fit into a clear area. Sometimes you start something and don’t know where to put it. Wanderers are projects without a Sphere — they stand alone, and that’s okay.
What for? So no project goes uncreated just because it has no defined area. First it exists, then it gets organized.
How to use them? They automatically appear in a separate section called “Wanderers” in Foundations. You can assign them an area later when it’s clearer where they fit.
Philosophy: Organization should never be a blocker to starting. A project without an area is better than a project that never started because you didn’t know where to put it.
Horizon — Your full day
Ever reached the afternoon and realized you hadn’t done anything you planned? Horizon shows you the complete day in order: morning, afternoon, and evening. You see the real time you have and where it’s going.
What for? Have temporal perspective of the day. See task distribution and avoid overloading the day.
How to use it? From Sidebar > Horizon. Tasks appear in MORNING / AFTERNOON / EVENING blocks with their time. Subtasks show estimated time (~). Stones (fixed habits) appear as visual reference.
Philosophy: Time feels more real when you see it distributed. A day isn’t 24 hours — it’s a few energy blocks. Horizon shows you those blocks.