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I am constantly getting flummoxed by the PARA system. It ends up taking me more time trying to figure out the nuanced rules on where to put something (Projects
by akouri 5y ago
I am constantly getting flummoxed by the PARA system. It ends up taking me more time trying to figure out the nuanced rules on where to put something (Projects/Areas and Areas/Resources are the most persnickety ones) that I often end up duplicating a concept and having two folders for it, one in each hierarchy. I'm still not sold on the PARA organizational method, but maybe there's something I'm missing.
- JeffRosenberg 5y agoFor me, implementing PARA in Notion has helped with that. I have one big database just called "Content", and then links to Projects/Areas/Resources. So if I'm not sure where something goes, I just put link it to all of them.
- Vivtek 5y agoI use a sloppy meld of Zettelkasten and PARA for this very reason. I used to get nervous about the subject ontology, and the link-to-anywhere aspect of ZK's tags fixed that for me. Plus having a unique ZK tag on every file means I can move subdirectories around to suit what I'm working on at the moment without any links breaking.
- greymalik 5y agoProject: has defined goals and an end date (“be able to run 5k in 30 minutes by April 1”) Area: an ongoing personal or professional responsibility (My Health) Resource: impersonal knowledge that may be useful (couch to 5k training program) Archive: any of the above that are no longer relevant to your life