diff --git a/app/static/app.js b/app/static/app.js
index 3281921..56e9472 100644
--- a/app/static/app.js
+++ b/app/static/app.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const VIEWS = [
+  { id: 'overview', label: 'Overview', icon: '🧭' },
   { id: 'today', label: 'Today', icon: '☀️' },
   { id: 'upcoming', label: 'Upcoming', icon: '📅' },
   { id: 'calendar', label: 'Calendar', icon: '🗓️' },
@@ -12,10 +13,12 @@ const PRIORITY_LABELS = ['', 'Low', 'Medium', 'High'];
 const REPEAT_UNITS = { daily: 'day', weekly: 'week', monthly: 'month', yearly: 'year' };
 const HOUR_PX = 48;
 const BACKLOG_SUGGESTIONS = 2;
+const DEFAULT_VIEW = 'overview';
+const OVERVIEW_DAYS = 7; // days after today that the overview lists one by one
 
 const state = {
   tasks: [], categories: [], projects: [],
-  view: 'today', categoryId: null, projectId: null,
+  view: DEFAULT_VIEW, categoryId: null, projectId: null,
   search: '', calDate: null, showDoneProjects: false,
 };
 let editing = null; // task open in the dialog; null when creating
@@ -198,10 +201,12 @@ async function act(fn) {
 
 // --- Persisted UI prefs -------------------------------------------------------
 
+const PREFS_VERSION = 2;
+
 function savePrefs() {
   try {
     localStorage.setItem('whattodo.view', JSON.stringify({
-      view: state.view, categoryId: state.categoryId, projectId: state.projectId,
+      view: state.view, categoryId: state.categoryId, projectId: state.projectId, v: PREFS_VERSION,
     }));
   } catch { /* ignore */ }
 }
@@ -212,6 +217,8 @@ function loadPrefs() {
       state.view = p.view;
       state.categoryId = p.categoryId ?? null;
       state.projectId = p.projectId ?? null;
+      // Today used to be the start page; move people who were left on it to the overview once.
+      if (!p.v && p.view === 'today') state.view = DEFAULT_VIEW;
     }
   } catch { /* ignore */ }
 }
@@ -289,6 +296,16 @@ function buildGroups(tasks) {
       { title: 'From your backlog', tasks: state.search ? [] : backlogSuggestions(), hint: 'No date yet. Plan one for today?' },
     ];
   }
+  if (state.view === 'overview') {
+    const shown = new Set(open.filter((x) => overdue(x) || today(x)).map((x) => x.id));
+    const days = Array.from({ length: OVERVIEW_DAYS }, (_, i) => addDays(t, i + 1));
+    return [
+      group('Overdue', overdue),
+      group('Today', today),
+      group('High priority, not planned', (x) => x.priority === 3 && !shown.has(x.id) && !x.planned_date),
+      ...days.map((day) => group(dayName(day), (x) => later(x) && whenDate(x) === day)),
+    ];
+  }
   if (state.view === 'upcoming') {
     return [
       group('Tomorrow', (x) => later(x) && whenDate(x) === tomorrow),
@@ -323,7 +340,9 @@ function counts() {
   const t = todayStr();
   const open = state.tasks.filter((x) => !x.done);
   const overdue = open.filter((x) => isOverdue(x, t)).length;
+  const laterThan = addDays(t, OVERVIEW_DAYS);
   const c = {
+    later: open.filter((x) => !isOverdue(x, t) && !isForToday(x, t) && whenDate(x) > laterThan).length,
     today: open.filter((x) => isOverdue(x, t) || isForToday(x, t) || (x.priority === 3 && !x.planned_date)).length,
     upcoming: open.filter((x) => !isOverdue(x, t) && !isForToday(x, t) && whenDate(x)).length,
     backlog: open.filter(isBacklog).length,
@@ -334,6 +353,7 @@ function counts() {
     cats: {},
     projects: {},
   };
+  c.overview = c.today;
   for (const x of open) {
     c.cats[x.category_id || 0] = (c.cats[x.category_id || 0] || 0) + 1;
     if (x.project_id) c.projects[x.project_id] = (c.projects[x.project_id] || 0) + 1;
@@ -402,7 +422,7 @@ function navItem({ active, icon, label, count, onclick, color, alert, muted }) {
 function renderNav(c) {
   $('#views').replaceChildren(...VIEWS.map((v) => navItem({
     active: state.view === v.id, icon: v.icon, label: v.label, count: c[v.id],
-    onclick: () => setView(v.id), alert: v.id === 'today' && c.overdue > 0,
+    onclick: () => setView(v.id), alert: ['overview', 'today'].includes(v.id) && c.overdue > 0,
   })));
 
   const projects = sortedProjects();
@@ -438,11 +458,12 @@ function renderNav(c) {
 }
 
 function render() {
-  if (state.view === 'cat' && state.categoryId && !catById(state.categoryId)) state.view = 'today';
-  if (state.view === 'project' && !projectById(state.projectId)) state.view = 'today';
-  if (!['cat', 'project'].includes(state.view) && !VIEWS.some((v) => v.id === state.view)) state.view = 'today';
+  if (state.view === 'cat' && state.categoryId && !catById(state.categoryId)) state.view = DEFAULT_VIEW;
+  if (state.view === 'project' && !projectById(state.projectId)) state.view = DEFAULT_VIEW;
+  if (!['cat', 'project'].includes(state.view) && !VIEWS.some((v) => v.id === state.view)) state.view = DEFAULT_VIEW;
 
-  renderNav(counts());
+  const c = counts();
+  renderNav(c);
 
   let title = (VIEWS.find((v) => v.id === state.view) || {}).label;
   if (state.view === 'cat') title = state.categoryId ? catById(state.categoryId).name : 'No category';
@@ -479,11 +500,16 @@ function render() {
     const msg = state.search ? 'No tasks match your search.'
       : state.view === 'done' ? 'Nothing completed yet.'
         : state.view === 'today' ? 'Nothing planned for today. 🎉'
+          : state.view === 'overview' ? 'Nothing planned for today or the coming week. 🎉'
           : state.view === 'backlog' ? 'Backlog is empty: everything has a date.'
             : state.view === 'project' ? 'No tasks in this project yet. Add the first step above.'
               : 'No tasks here.';
     sections.push(h('div', { class: 'empty' }, msg));
   }
+  if (state.view === 'overview' && !state.search && c.later) {
+    sections.push(h('button', { type: 'button', class: 'more-link', onclick: () => setView('upcoming') },
+      `${c.later} more planned later →`));
+  }
   $('#list').replaceChildren(...sections);
 }
 
@@ -759,7 +785,7 @@ function viewDefaults() {
     d.project_id = p.id;
     if (p.category_id) d.category_id = p.category_id;
   }
-  if (state.view === 'today') d.planned_date = todayStr();
+  if (['overview', 'today'].includes(state.view)) d.planned_date = todayStr();
   if (state.view === 'upcoming') d.planned_date = addDays(todayStr(), 1);
   if (state.view === 'calendar') d.planned_date = state.calDate || todayStr();
   return d;
diff --git a/app/static/style.css b/app/static/style.css
index 2f39d40..fd272b6 100644
--- a/app/static/style.css
+++ b/app/static/style.css
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ input:disabled { opacity: 0.5; }
 .link-chip { cursor: pointer; }
 .link-chip:hover { color: var(--accent); }
 .plan-btn { align-self: center; font-size: 16px; }
+.more-link { display: block; margin: 18px auto 0; padding: 8px 12px; border: 0; background: none; color: var(--muted); font: inherit; font-size: 14px; cursor: pointer; }
+.more-link:hover { color: var(--accent); }
 .group-hint { margin: -4px 0 8px; font-size: 13px; color: var(--muted); }
 
 /* Projects */