System conceived by Tiago Forte
Projects
- Short term collection of tasks and notes
- Collecting information in the folder
Areas
- Something you are responsible for over a longer period of time
- ongoing engagement or responsibility
- Example:
- House: Responsible for maintenance
- making sure the roof doesn’t leak
- Regular painting
Resources
- Collections of information which you expect to be useful in the future
- Reference, things you expect to come back to
Archive
- notes which are not useful currently or in the near future, but which you dont want to throw away either.