> [!tldr] Break down and clarify scope into doable, index-card-sized chunks In line with, and completing my recent obsession with index cards - *productivity* can be index-card-ified. [[Project Decomposition|Decomposition of productivity]] is a thing. A project scope can be defined on an index card. Tasks can be listed in a list on index cards, or if they are sufficient size, they can take up an index card of themselves. The [[Kanban]] board system is all about index-card sized productivity. Your tasks are cards. Your projects are cards. Your kanban boards themselves are cards that are just lists of other cards. As your "in work" board gets too large, it overflows the imaginary index card that represents it and it ceases to be manageable. [[Chunking is the Point of Index Cards|Chunking]] works amazingly for ideas, stories, and communications - and it works *pretty well* for productivity, too. It's much harder to try to define [[Index Card Rules]] for the productivity space, though. Do you define the task by its word count (no), effort to complete (maybe), or time to complete (maybe)? Much of the benefit of index-cardification does translate to productivity though. You have think through, condense, [[Distillation|distill]], and capture [[So much of productivity, communication, and fitness advice comes down to really knowing your goal.| what you want to accomplish.]] Cleanly stating that can be a huge part of the battle. Also writing down the things to do can make you realize how much there is and decide on [[Priorities]]. To commit [[We won't be able to do everything, but what we do we'll do well.]] **** # More - [[Index Cards Index]] ## Source - self