How I track tasks with Obsidian
Hello. This will be a run-down on how I track tasks and projects and long-term things, like reading a book, tracking a project or traveling using the PARA method.
The way I track tasks is through a queuing system. To not get overloaded by tasks, I just simply put the next task into the queue and take out the top recent if I’m done. Unless something really urgent comes along I don’t disrupt this flow. Meaning, once I have a task out and #active that’s the task I’m going to be working on!
Sometimes this discipline is hard to follow. Sometimes there are interruptions all over the place and I need to switch to a new task that is way more urgent. But luckily those are the exceptions. And not the rule.
These are much better and much more actionable. But there are entire whitepapers about how to define a proper task, so I won’t go into much detail about them here.
Where do I keep these things you might ask by now? Let’s take a look at my daily-page. This is the number 1 goto page in Obsidian. A new page is always created when I open the app. This is the best place to start at. I use the following template to generate my new daily page:
