THE PARA BLUEPRINT, v0.7 BETA
About this template
This Personal Second Brain takes the three best parts of the NOTION and Tiago Forte’s PARA METHOD: FLEXIBILITY, PERSONALIZATION, AND CUSTOMIZATION.
NOTABLE FEATURES INCLUDE:
1. ADVANCED AUTOMATION
2. FLEXIBLE PAGE LAYOUTS
3. POWERFUL DATABASE RELATIONS
4. QUICK AUTOMATED INBOX VIEWS
5. TIME-TRACKING CAPABILITIES
This full organization system is designed to be a flexible, easy to use, and sustainable for large amounts of data. It obtains these qualities with a Unique Tagging System, Helpful Automations, and Customizable Structure.
THIS TEMPLATE IS CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE THIS TEMPLATE AS YOUR DAILY DRIVER IN IT’S CURRENT STATE. THIS BETA VERSION IS RELEASED TO GET FEEDBACK, FIND BUGS, AND PROMOTE THE TEMPLATE. FULL RELEASE IS EXPECTED BY MARCH 2025.
ABOUT THIS TEMPLATE
Notion is a great app that lets you build anything you can imagine and customize it to your needs. However, this open flexibility can make it difficult to organize and develop your system effectively. Proper organization is crucial since Notion workspaces can accumulate large amounts of data that become unwieldy over time. The PARA Method has been brought up many times with many different Notion templates associated with the philosophy. It makes sense as at the PARA Method’s core are flexibility and maintainability in a minimalist approach. However, creating a good PARA Organization in Notion can be quick difficult at times.
With how databases are designed, it is hard to simply move around your pages without removing the metadata associated with them. This brings up problems when you have built sophisticated systems and want to change them. One of the biggest key philosophies of the PARA method is that information is supposed to flow through your system depending on how your relationship changes with it over time. Hobbies that we have developed eventually turn into jobs (Area to Project), Projects and the elements we have developed for them will eventually be resources for us in the future (Projects to Resources), Our resources can ignite a new project (Resources to Projects). There is also the Archives, All of our knowledge that we have developed but is not currently referenced or active in our areas are projects. Being able to move around your information is crucial for the longevity of your second brain.
This Template was created to help foster this sustainable approach, not just for today’s projects, but for the changed vision in 5 years.
FUTURE INTENTIONS
Right now, this Template is free for use, in order to get feedback, and find bugs. When the Template is released, it will be a paid product template.
HOWEVER, ANYONE WHO GIVES FEEDBACK WILL GET ACCESS TO THE FINAL VERSION FOR FREE.
The core structure of this template uses Tiago Forte’s “PARA METHOD” an acronym meaning:
PROJECTS - Actionable Focuses
AREAS - Jobs, Goals, Growth
RESOURCES - Notes, Journals, Captures, Data
ARCHIVES - Digital Storage (NEVER DELETE ANYTHING)
