This post is part of a series I am writing about building a second brain course and how I am building my second brain in RoamResearch. Check out the other posts 👇
- Part 1 – Introduction to Building A Second Brain(BASB)
- Part 2 – My 12 Favorite Problems
- Part 3 – Project List
- Part 4 – My PARA setup in Roam Research
- Part 5 – My Information Capture Workflows and Tools
Can you answer what projects are you working on? Has your project list changed in the last few months?
A personal project list is one of the most important unit of measurement of our work. Yet, most of us don’t take stock of what projects we are working on.
What asked to prepare a list of projects, most will list their area of responsibilities. What we think as projects are truly areas of responsibility. In my own project list, I have travel and writing blog posts. Travel is not a project. Each trip we make is a project and travel is an area.
Projects are a discrete chunk of works that have a definite end date. Projects end. Areas don’t. Projects have a defined outcome. Area is an ongoing responsibility with no outcome.
Project – Any outcome you’re actively committed to that requires multiple work sessions
Area – A role or responsibility with a standard to be maintained over time
Also, the project list is the link between tasks and notes which brings cohesiveness to the work. It is important to maintain project list part of everyone’s productivity stack.
Projects vs Goals
A project without a goal is a hobby. A goal without a project is a dream.
Always match your goals with your projects to see where you stand in terms of achieving your goals. If you are doing too many projects not related to your goals, you either have the wrong goals or are not working on achieving your goals.
Project List consideration
- What takes multiple work sessions should have a project on its own and it should be part of the project list.
- At any given time, one should be dealing with 10 to 20 projects. But one should actively work only on a few of them.
- Many of us are stuck with the same list of projects for too long because they are too big. Seeing the same list of projects month after month is demotivating.
- Make your projects small. You want quick turnovers. Quick wins create momentum. Momentum build sustained motivation.
My Project List
Here is my current project list
- Write Project List blog post
- BLS Edition #9
- Hiking Rainbow falls with family
- BASB Course
- Setup PARA System in Roam Research, laptop and google drive
- Write Introduction to BASB
- Personal Website Redesign
- Automate finance and budgeting
- Close T03 and T08 Defects
- Sketch Specification Module
- Write Implementing PARA in Roam Research
I am yet to do my goal to project mapping and see where I stand in terms of working towards my long term goals. I will be recording a video of my PARA setup in Roam tomorrow.
This post is part of a series I am writing about building a second brain course and how I am building my second brain in RoamResearch. Check out the other posts 👇
- Part 1 – Introduction to Building A Second Brain(BASB)
- Part 2 – My 12 Favorite Problems
- Part 3 – Project List
- Part 4 – My PARA setup in Roam Research
- Part 5 – My Information Capture Workflows and Tools
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