THE P.A.R.A METHOD

A project has a goal to be achieved , this goal has a specific moment in time and a deadline or timeframe

An area of responsibility has a standard to be maintained, there is no end date or final outcome. Your performance in...

You can’t connect your current efforts to your long-term goals

By breaking these responsibilities into bite-sized projects (as in the list on the right), you ensure that your Project List will change nearly every week. This creates a rhythm and a momentum of project complet...

These are the two tools I recommend for using this method, but you can use any tool you want.

• Notion
• Obsidian

• Projects
• Areas
• Resources
• Archives

You can’t truly know the extent of your commitments

You cannot know what to change until you know what you’re committed to. And what you’re committed to is not a collection of vague responsibilities, but a short list of tangible outcomes. In other words, projects.

Project is “a series of tasks linked to a goal, with a deadline.”

Area of responsibility is “a sphere of activity with a standard to be maintained over time.”

Resource is “a topic or theme of ongoing interest.”

Archives

Do you see the problem? Not a single item on this list is a project. Do “vacations” ever end? Is there ever a time when you can cross off “productivity” from your list once and for all? No — these are ongoing areas of responsibility, not projects.