What are Areas of Responsibility?

If Projects are short-term collections of tasks, Areas of Responsibility are more ongoing centers of attention. Rather than desired outcomes or deadlines, these have standards to be be maintained: the quality of work you need to do (Work), the amount of money you need to earn (Personal Finance), your preference for a tidy house (House).

Each of your active projects should correspond to an Area of Responsibility, but some tasks will fall in Areas but not be associated with a specific project. For example, you might need to get the oil changed for your car, which falls under your Car Area of Responsibility. Getting the oil changed isn't a whole project - it's just one task - but it still needs to get done.

Action:

• [ ] Copy this Areas of Responsibility template into your reference app.
• [ ] Use the template to fill out your current Areas of Responsibility.
• [ ] Create a section for each of your Areas of Responsibility in your task manager.

Further Reading:

Getting Started with GTD Templates | Evernote

What's next?

Make a Current Goals List

Back to Task Management

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