> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Set up Heym: sign in and finish the first steps > Create your account with Google, Apple or email, go through the two-minute setup, and learn the sidebar, Home and search before your first week. Heym needs no password: you sign in with Google, Apple or your email address. The first time, a short setup adds your first goals, habits and tasks, so you don't start from an empty screen. This page walks you through both, then shows you where things are. ## Create your account **1. Open the sign-up page** Go to [heym.app/signup](https://heym.app/signup). You'll see **Create your account**. **2. Pick how you sign in** Click **Continue with Google** or **Continue with Apple**. Or type your email address and click **Continue with email**. **3. Open the link in your email (email only)** Heym emails you a 6-digit code and a sign-in link. In the browser, click the link (the code is for the [Mac app](/help/mac.md)). The link expires in 60 minutes. If the email doesn't arrive, click **Resend email**, or click **Use a different email** to fix a typo. ![Create your account, with the buttons Continue with Google and Continue with Apple, a box for your email address and Continue with email](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/set-up/signup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=cfdf2d40d39597868a1d43eac273ed65) The sign-up page To sign in later, go to [heym.app/login](https://heym.app/login) and use the same method. If you turned on two-factor authentication, Heym then asks for the 6-digit code from your authenticator app. In the [Mac app](/help/mac.md), Google and Apple open your browser to sign in. With email, type the 6-digit code from the same email into the app and click **Sign in**. If something goes wrong, see [I can't sign in](/help/sign-in.md). ## The setup, step by step The first time you sign in, Heym asks a few questions. It takes about two minutes. 1. **Welcome to Heym.** A short overview. Click **Let's go**. 2. **What should we call you?** Your first name, filled in already if you signed in with Google or Apple. Click **Add a photo** to add a picture (up to 5 MB). 3. **What life areas do you want to focus on?** All nine areas are selected at first. Turn off the ones that don't matter right now. Your choice decides which suggestions and which life areas the next steps offer. All nine areas stay in your account either way. 4. **What are your two most important goals right now?** Type a goal or click a suggestion, and choose the life area it belongs to. 5. **Build your first two habits.** Name each habit, set how often you want to do it, and link it to a goal or life area. 6. **Add three tasks you want to get done today.** They're due today, so you'll find them in **Today**. 7. **What is your current work situation?** and **How did you hear about us?** Clicking an answer moves you on. Every step after your name has a **Skip** link. Skipping moves on without saving that step, so nothing half-filled ends up in your account. You can change all of it later. When you finish, Heym opens Home. If you're not on Pro yet, it also offers you Pro once. Close the window to stay on Free. [Free, Pro and Lifetime](/help/plans.md) compares the plans. > [!TIP] > > Coming from Todoist or TickTick? [Import your tasks](/help/import.md) before you start adding new ones. ## Your first week Five things to try, each with the page that explains it: 1. **Get everything out of your head.** Press **C** (when you're not typing) to create a task. A task with no date and no goal, project or life area goes to your Inbox. See [Tasks](/help/tasks.md) and [Type a task in one line](/help/quick-entry.md). 2. **Plan each day in Today.** Give tasks a date and a time, and work through Today's list. See [Inbox, Today and Upcoming](/help/inbox-today-upcoming.md). 3. **Get a reminder** for the things you can't miss. See [Reminders](/help/reminders.md). 4. **Check off your habits** every day and watch the streak grow. See [Habits](/help/habits.md). 5. **Look back at the end of the week.** Open your goals to see their progress, then plan the next days in Upcoming. See [Run a weekly review](/help/weekly-review.md). New to how life areas, goals and projects connect? Read [How Heym fits together](/help/how-heym-works.md). ## Find your way around ![The sidebar with Lori's name at the top, then Home, Inbox, Today, Upcoming and Views, and under My Life: Areas, Goals, Projects, Habits and Notes](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/set-up/sidebar.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=e2e3b9aeec35360f3cf86d23d0d35b1e) The sidebar The sidebar on the left takes you everywhere: * **Home**, **Inbox**, **Today**, **Upcoming** and **Views** are your daily lists. **Views** holds lists such as **All tasks** and **Completed**. * **My Life** holds **Areas**, **Goals**, **Projects**, **Habits** and **Notes**. * **Trash**, at the bottom, holds deleted tasks and notes. See [Undo and Trash](/help/undo-and-trash.md). * Your name at the top opens a menu with **Settings**, **Keyboard shortcuts**, **Send feedback**, **What's new** and **Log out**. On the Free plan it also offers **Try Pro for free** (or **Upgrade to Pro** if you've had a trial). Items you add to favorites get their own **Favorites** group in the sidebar, and items others share with you appear under **Shared**. To hide or reorder sidebar items, see [Customize Heym](/help/customize.md). **Home** shows a greeting, quick actions, your Inbox, today's tasks, today's habits, recent notes and an activity graph. Choose what it shows with the ⋯ menu at the top right. To open Heym on a different page, go to **Settings** → **Preferences** → **Default start page** and pick **Home**, **Inbox**, **Today** or **Last visited**. Press **?** (when you're not typing) to see every keyboard shortcut. The full list is on [Keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts.md). ## Search for anything Click the search icon at the top of the sidebar, or press **⌘K** (**Ctrl+K** on Windows). Start typing, and **Quick results** lists what matches.