Thread by @samuelbars

Our brains can only focus on a few things at once

Displaying only active projects (should be 5-10 MAX) in your productivity system is key

Scrolling your entire project list is just gonna make you procrastinate more (overwhelm)

Here's how to do it in @RoamResearch #roamcult

My project management system in Roam is mostly based on @Anonym_s3's free youtube course

for the barebones context, each project has metadata with the Project tags in it. Then there's the Project Todos tag with every todo underneath. That allows me to display project lists.

I always use the project todos page, so that's where we go next

Now we're gonna use the Archive tag.
The archive is not only the graveyard for finished projects. It's also where things you are not working on right now are kept, temporarily.

When a project is not active, I put #Archive next to Project todos.

The final step is quite simple

Click on the linked references filters and exclude Archive from what's displayed

I recommend reviewing your projects weekly, but I probably do it only every 3-6 weeks

Best way to re-activate projects is to go to the Archive page and go through linked refs and remove the tag

When I actually complete a project, I give it both the Archive and #completed tags