How to Start Your Day on a Single Home Screen

A personalized home screen collects what needs your attention today — urgent tasks, recent documents, new and mentioned messages — so the working day starts from one place rather than four.

Why landing on a list of apps does not help

Opening a workspace to a directory of everything you have built tells you what exists. It does not tell you what to do.

Scanning several apps to work out what changed
Tasks checked in one place, messages in another
Recently used items rediscovered by searching
No sense of what is finished and what is not

What belongs on a home screen

Section	What it shows
Tasks	Only urgent and high-priority items, with quick creation
Docs	The most recently created documents, plus quick creation
Chat	New messages and mentions, not the entire history
Recents	Shortcuts to what you were last working on
Tools	Access to chat, docs, users and the rest of the platform

How to use it in Jestor

Open the dedicated home in Jestor, which is separate from the apps and tables view.
Review the tasks section, filtered to urgent and high priority.
Add a task directly from the home when something new comes up.
Open or create a document without navigating elsewhere.
Check new and mentioned messages, then move into the work itself.

Why choose Jestor as a daily starting point?

Jestor filters the home deliberately — showing only urgent and high-priority tasks rather than everything, because the purpose is to help you resolve what matters rather than to display a complete list.

When the inbox is cleared, the home acknowledges it, which is a small thing that makes finishing visible.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does home show all my tasks?

No, only urgent and high priority — the rest live in the tasks area.

Can I create things from home?

Yes, tasks and documents can be created there. See jestor.com.

Is this separate from the apps view?

Yes, apps and tables have their own section.

Video Tutorial: Step by Step

Check out other practical tutorials on the Jestor YouTube channel.

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With Jestor, you can automate workflows, connect teams, and build internal systems your way — all without code and powered by AI. Discover Jestor at jestor.com and see how to take your company's operations to a new level of efficiency and control.

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