One of the key features of PARA is that it’s universal—it works across every platform where information can be stored, for any kind of information you might want to save, and is accessible on any device.
I notice that even the most organized people often make a fatal error—they use a different organizing system in each and every place where they keep information. Their to-do list is organized one way, their computer another, their cloud storage yet another, and their notes app…you get the picture.
This is problematic because every organizational system has overhead—a certain amount of cognitive effort required to maintain and use it. Even if each different organizing method makes sense in isolation, when combined, they create a crushing mental load that not even the world’s smartest people can withstand.
In contrast, PARA is “platform agnostic,” meaning it is one system that can be implemented everywhere, including:
This universality allows you to “extend” the same PARA folders across every platform you use: