You should also create a notes or resources database, so that when you’re surfing the web, you can save information. The more you have a sense of what is going on, the better your chances are of not over committing. It’s really important to make your work visible. This can help you start to get a sense of how many commitments are actually on your plate. I like to view this in a kanban board and organize the tasks by status. Then, you can relate your task database to your projects database so you can start to see all the tasks that relate to a particular project. I have a video on the importance and power of a master task database, but to get you started, brain dump all the tasks and things you’re responsible for and add them to a database. You can create a projects database and an areas database, and then you can relate them to your master task database.

It’s going to have multiple components that are made up of tasks. It’s probably not something that’s going to get done in a day. You can also think of projects as anything that have multiple steps or multiple tasks to achieve it. A project related to it might be “As of November 1, figure out what our meal plans are going to look like for the next month”.

If it doesn’t have any kind of end date, and it’s something that you’re always responsible for, it’s probably an area and not a Project.įor example, health and wellness might be an area. Remember that projects have a defined scope and they have a start and end. And then, do the same thing you did with areas and make a list of projects. Start by outlining all the areas of your life with a quick brain dump. The easiest thing to do is start listing out the areas of your life and your business, whether it’s health and wellness, finances, creative pursuits, things you’re learning, or hobbies.

I find it a really useful way to organize your digital information.Ī lot of people ask me, “how do I get started setting up PARA in my * Notion workspace?” This is the structure that I use for my own projects and for client spaces. PARA stands for projects, areas, resources and archives and is based on Tiago Forte’s Building a Second Brain. PARA is a method of organizing your digital information.

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