- Project outlines blogpost worksheet
- DONE
- [X] 2023-05-02 Start writing a blog post in outline format instead of regular prose to show what I'm talking about
- [X] 2023-05-02 Extend the blog engine to support outline-format posts
- [X] 2023-05-02 Mark the initial items as done so they show how the "DONE" section gets filled
- [X] 2023-09-20 Update with the oneliner for listing all done items
- [_] Explain that the DONE section is generally always kept folded in the editor
- This way it doesn't clutter the view even with long-lived projects that accrue a very lone done-list
- You should have a text editor that can do indentation-based folds if you work with outline notes
- The topmost TODO item can be moved to DONE by just indenting it, no cut-and-paste required
- [_] Figure out an order for the tasks so it makes sense to read out linearly
- Sometimes/maybe TODO items
- [_] Turn the gimmick project outline into a regular post
- Readers might have a hard time making sense of the outline format
- What's the deal with this anyway?
- This is an example of a TODO list outline structure used for project management
- Also the first blog post using the outline style described in the outline notes post
- The top of the worksheet, right below the DONE section is a priorized TODO list
- The top item below the DONE list should be the next action for the project
- If it doesn't look like a viable next action, you need to review and update the list
- Worksheet items below it are straightforward high-priority actions
- They should be small, concrete and easy to start
- Future plans go to sections below the worksheet
- These can be much more vague, just a general idea of something to accomplish
- Further details can be written under each task item
- Try to keep the top worksheet at 20-30 items max
- If the item list starts growing out of control, they should be delegated to lower sections as future plans
- I've been using these since 2020 and they still feel like a good way to plan projects
- Why is this good?
- DONE list forms a record of what you did on the project
- Next actions focus work, you always have a single concrete thing to start working on next
- 20-ish item worksheet list is a manageable scratch space for imminent tasks
- Lower document can be an arbitrarily detailed project plan without weighting down the active TODO list
- Summarizing what you've done
- Here's a shell onliner that will extract all your completed tasks from a notes git repository into a todo.txt style done list:
- git grep -E '^(\s*\[X\]|x) [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}' | sed -E 's/^([^:]*):[^0-9]*([0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}.*)/x \2 (\1)/' | sort
