Projects: Short-term efforts in your work or life that you’re working on now. Areas: Long-term responsibilities you want to manage over time. Resources: Topics or interests that may be useful in the future.

For many people, focus blocks and admin blocks can be summed up as “the work I want to do” and “the work I don’t want to do,” respectively.

9 Separate and Interlocking Tasks

I wanted to track and communicate my progress beyond the walls of my cubicle. I wanted to know where and when I could help my colleagues. I wanted collaboration and effectiveness for me and my team. I wanted a map of my work depicting not only the tasks at the office, but everything that mattered to me. Rather than being pushed by life, I wanted to

Here are some conventional verbs as well as what size of a chunk they relate to: Quarter- or month-sized project verbs (for work that needs a few week- or month-sized projects to complete): Rework Develop Strategize Launch/Ship Build Publish (books, articles) Kick off Move/Relocate Week-sized project verbs (for work that needs at least one block, b