Here at LearnDoBecome, we teach how to have a maximum of 7-8 Current Projects for the month—and to post it or write it in an obvious place.It’s how we focus.We divide them into Me, Family, and “Beyond” (meaning professional or volunteer work), and then we balance ourselves with 1-3 projects in each.If you have a lot on your calendar or routines list, you may want only 1-3 Current Projects. And you know it is optimal if it gives you a lift whenever you see it.Other projects go onto a “Next in Line” or “Someday” list, and then ideally, each month you complete the current list and repopulate it with your next set of projects.But sometimes you’ll want to edit your Current Projects mid-month, which I just did, so I thought it might be helpful to show you what that could look like.Here are a few reasons for editing:* Something unexpected came up, so you needed to switch a project. (Notice I didn’t say ADD a project… You’ll want to move one to Next in Line if you already have a full plate.) * You feel overwhelmed when you look at the list because it’s more than you can actually do. It’s totally fine to whittle it down! * You completed some projects and either want to make the visual list smaller—or you want to bring up additional projects from “Next in Line.” * You want to clarify a project because it is either too vague or not exactly what you need to do. And here’s my experience:This was my starter list for February:
And this is my updated list:
I’ll just explain what changed and why:In the “For Me” category, I put “Nutrition Focus” because I had gotten out of the habit of making my soups and pomegranate delights each week. But within the first week of the month, I got the routine back in place and realized I didn’t need this as a project anymore. It switched to a routine with a couple reminders added to my Routines List.In the “Family” section, I realized “Spencer’s Schedule” was too vague, so instead I switched it to “Life Architecture Plan with Spencer” because there are clearer next steps that come to mind when I see that.And then in the Beyond section, I also transitioned the Emotional Resilience class support (for church) into a routine (we held a meeting and I sent out start-up information via email). I have a calendar trigger to remind me to check in on that each Sunday.The smaller the list, the more creative and optimistic I tend to feel.If you haven’t yet made your Current Projects List for the month, I hope this can get you started, and if you HAVE made your list, I hope this can help you evaluate it so it can truly serve you!
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