actualNoteContentPart: | **Related content**: [Compare popular note and task apps (Todoist, TickTick, etc) on the different types of task recurrence that are available, including screenshots](https://www.amplenote.com/blog/five_best_todo_list_apps_for_recurring_tasks) . | 
  
  Amplenote supports two types of recurrence that we label as "fixed" and "flexible" recurrence. The former is the more conventional model of recurrence, used for events like meetings that happen (or are skipped) at predictable intervals.
  
  The second type of recurrence, what we call "flexible recurrence" but can be referred to as "relative recurrence," chooses the next start time (aka "due time") based on whenever the past task was completed. Flexible recurrence is ideally suited for tasks like "exercise" and "chores," where you need to avoid lapsing into a habit of skipping of your fixed recurrence task or event.
  
  There are many ways to set up both types of tasks on Amplenote. 
  
  It's also possible to control the timing of when you should begin thinking about the task (think: weekday vs. weekend), prior to the time you hope to complete it. We'll cover all of these topics in the following sections.
  
  [Fixed recurrence](#Fixed_recurrence)  
  		[💫 Advanced weekly recurrence](#___Advanced_weekly_recurrence)  
  [Flexible ("relative") recurrence](#Flexible_(_relative_)_recurrence)  
  [Limiting recurrence to "weekdays" or "weekends"](#Limiting_recurrence_to__weekdays__or__weekends_)  
  [Limiting recurrence instances](#Limiting_recurrence_instances)  
  
  
  # Fixed recurrence
  Select an option from the menu. [Example values]() .
  Or, create a custom schedule. Type "every" + a number, day of the week, or time interval to see options. Head over to [Calculations: dates, time and math#Date calculation: defining recurring rules](/help/calculations#Date_calculation:_defining_recurring_rules)  to see more natural language examples. 
  It will look something like this:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The time in the blue fields defines the **rules **for when this task will be due and when it is hidden. The times beneath the blue fields show when the next instance of the task will be triggered. You can click in the non-blue fields if you want to modify when the next instance of the task should occur, but you want to keep the **rule** for its recurrence unchanged.
  
  ### 💫 Advanced weekly recurrence
  Tasks can repeat on a weekly basis (such as every week on Monday), but you can also specify which days of the week the task should be due on: here is an example of [a task repeating every weekday](https://images.amplenote.com/cce04e4c-fad0-11ea-95c1-f200a12bf340/89fd1f25-fdd7-4a70-8a2a-70b8a41b49ac.png)  and an example of [a task repeating on a custom week day pattern](https://images.amplenote.com/cce04e4c-fad0-11ea-95c1-f200a12bf340/7efb573d-507c-4711-bfb2-ef392f090f8a.png) .
  
  Head over to [Calculations: dates, time and math#Date calculation: defining recurring rules](/help/calculations#Date_calculation:_defining_recurring_rules)  for a longer list of natural language examples.
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   . | Amplenote supports two types of recurrence that we label as "fixed" and "flexible" recurrence. The former is the more conventional model of recurrence, used for events like meetings that happen (or are skipped) at predictable intervals. The second type of recurrence, what we call "flexible recurrence" but can be referred to as "relative recurrence," chooses the next start time (aka "due time") based on whenever the past task was completed. Flexible recurrence is ideally suited for tasks like "exercise" and "chores," where you need to avoid lapsing into a habit of skipping of your fixed recurrence task or event. There are many ways to set up both types of tasks on Amplenote. It's also possible to control the timing of when you should begin thinking about the task (think: weekday vs. weekend), prior to the time you hope to complete it. We'll cover all of these topics in the following sections. [Fixed recurrence](#Fixed_recurrence)
  
  [💫 Advanced weekly recurrence](#___Advanced_weekly_recurrence)
  
  [Flexible ("relative") recurrence](#Flexible_(_relative_)_recurrence)
  
  [Limiting recurrence to "weekdays" or "weekends"](#Limiting_recurrence_to__weekdays__or__weekends_)
  
  [Limiting recurrence instances](#Limiting_recurrence_instances)
  
  Fixed recurrence
  Select an option from the menu. [Example values]()
   .
  Or, create a custom schedule. Type "every" + a number, day of the week, or time interval to see options. Head over to [Calculations: dates, time and math#Date calculation: defining recurring rules](/help/calculations#Date_calculation:_defining_recurring_rules)
    to see more natural language examples.
  It will look something like this: The time in the blue fields defines the **rules **for when this task will be due and when it is hidden. The times beneath the blue fields show when the next instance of the task will be triggered. You can click in the non-blue fields if you want to modify when the next instance of the task should occur, but you want to keep the rule
   for its recurrence unchanged. 
  💫 Advanced weekly recurrence
  Tasks can repeat on a weekly basis (such as every week on Monday), but you can also specify which days of the week the task should be due on: here is an example of [a task repeating every weekday](https://images.amplenote.com)`
    and an example of [a task repeating on a custom week day pattern](https://images.amplenote.com)`
   . Head over to [Calculations: dates, time and math#Date calculation: defining recurring rules](/help/calculations#Date_calculation:_defining_recurring_rules)
    for a longer list of natural language examples.
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