Thread by @cortexfutura

Build only what needs to be built

This is one of the most common mistakes people seem to make when jumping into Tana (or other similarly powerful tools)

You don't need to start with a fully built out, high-modernist, top-down system. Start small! 🧵

I've been using Tana every day for over 90 days now – and I'm still building my systems.

Sure, you could take that and say "see, Tana isn't for getting work done – it's a hobby for people who like to fiddle with their systems!"

But that's not the case. At all.

Instead, I've opted from the get-go to only build the minimum of systems that I need _right that moment_.

Just the bare necessities to get the job done I'm working on right now.

Nothing more.

Yes, that leads to me still building systems 90 days later.

But it also means that I didn't build
a) the wrong systems
b) systems so complex I wouldn't use them
or c), spend to much time initially building systems that I didn't get any work done then

And I suggest you do the same.

Start _really_ simple.
Just use the daily node and a #project and #task tag, or a #book and #author thing, or #customer and #product tag, or whatever makes sense for you.

Use that for a couple of days, and then add to it.

I think when building things in Tana it really pays off to keep this quote from John Gall in mind:

A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked.

I hope you've found this thread helpful.

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