Your Project List

by Gavriel Shaw

After you have simplified your schedule through InstaTime, you will want to maintain a simple list of your projects. We can support the creative tension of InstaTime through a project file containing several very specific categories as follows…

[private InstaTime|InstaTime 2.0|InstaTime 3.0]Here are the categories of your Project File.

A single file, that may become very long over time, where you list all of your projects: active, inactive, priority, as well as your current chief aim and ongoing processes.

Here are the headings along with their brief definition:

Outcome

(the big result that compels you forward)

Chief Aim

(the logical, exciting, readily achievable, next step)

Priority Projects

(ideally no more than the 2 most important projects that you are committed to and focused on completing right now)

Secondary Projects

(the broader list of completables that you want to stay mindful of and do at some point)

Secondary Pursuits

(interests that do not count as projects because they are not clearly defined as completable or are enduring, such as a hobby)

Processes

(activities that must be repeated periodically to maintain something. E.g. checking your inbox, paying your bills, going to the gym)

Inactive Projects

(A list of projects that at present are not being worked on and probably not near to being worked on)

Projected Pathway

(here you might describe how you see the workflow of projects leading you towards your Outcome)

You can start filling in your Project List at any section.

If you have a description of your big ultimate desired outcome, then fill in the Outcome section at the top of your Project List.

Then brainstorm the various numerous projects that may be included in achieving that Outcome and put them under secondary pursuits…

…until you elevate any of them into active projects by sufficiently defining the steps from beginning to end.

Then you could identify your next logical step, i.e. your chief aim (the next logical, exciting, readily achievable step), which is first of all to complete your Outcome File…

…because its exciting to define the projects that will accomplish your outcome, and its readily achievable — and not much else is achievable without clarity, preparation and action.

See Mine

Since you are a member of the InstaTime program, I will give you access to my own personal Project List so you can see it in action and use it as a guide to help you create a living dynamic Project List of your own. Contact me to request access to my Project List.[/private]