
PARA Method
What Is the PARA Method? Let’s start with a mandatory tl;dr. Building a Second Brain (BASB) is a knowledge management methodology and productivity framework created by productivity expert Tiago Forte. It’s also a digital system that acts as an extension of the human brain, a sort of backup for all your to-dos, notes, thoughts, and ideas. The PARA method is part of that methodology that helps capture and organize all kinds of information into four containers—Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. The PARA method Here’s how each of those containers works. Projects Projects aggregate commitments that require more than one action step to complete. That can be anything from a new business venture to that book you’ve always wanted to write. A Project is usually divided into a series of tasks you need to…