4 - Projects Board

My "Projects" list is a homasote board, upon which I pin envelopes that I have labeled with my Brother label printer.

The little envelopes are coin envelopes, which you can buy a pack of 100 of for like $2 at Staples.

I brainstorm by writing all my ideas onto index cards, then rewriting them so they're action items (if necessary -- some mental discipline has worked here, and I've gotten into the swing of always writing my ideas down in the form of lowercase verbs). Then I shuffle them into the proper order so they constitute a plan. One card with the goal on it gets clipped to the front of the envelope (although I'm considering just writing on the envelope, which makes more sense), and the plan goes into the envelope in order, with one exception: the absolute next action.

That card gets stuck onto the Next Actions board or (if it's an errand or something else I can't do right in my studio) put into the proper context Next Actions coin envelope.

I try to write the name of the project in the upper right hand corner of each action card. Sometimes I slip.