recently for work, after ramping up, i find myself more and more in the situation where i’ve been waiting for certain tasks to finish, and starting on others in the meantime. then i get all confused about what i’m waiting for, what i’m working on, and what needs to be done/prioritized ??

i’m pretty pleased that my trello layout helps for that !! hehe

because i don’t have hard deadlines for work, what i needed the most was the ability to “move around” my tasks to track where i am w.r.t. my progress. this layout lets me break down my projects into their individual steps and !! lets me move them easily into the correct categories to help me keep track of where i am.

i think this layout is working for me so far:

project-specific list: cards that break down my task into steps

queue: cards placed in-order of what i need to be working on next, after i’m done doing the things in...

doing: cards with the action items i’m actively working on atm

waiting: sometimes i have to wait for certain db changes to happen in production / wait for other people to get back on me, so i have this filled with cards to remind me what i need to be checking in on

done: self explanatory hehe. im thinking about archiving this list every week or so, so it doesn’t get too cluttered~

logistics: just more misc. (somewhat non-urgent) things i also need to get done for work. these typically don’t directly relate to my projects (ie. picking insurance lol, writing up a wiki for myself w/all my notes, etc.)