5 How to Maintain Your PARA System

I know you’re a busy person with a rich, varied life, and filing your documents is probably not high on your priority list, nor should it be. I’m the same—I want to spend the absolute minimum amount of time possible tweaking and optimizing my system.

For that reason, I recommend you do all the upkeep of your PARA system in just five minutes per week. All you need to do is follow these three easy steps:

  1. 1. Retitle new items in your inbox
  2. 2. Sort new items into PARA folders
  3. 3. Update your active projects

Let’s take a closer look at each one.