Use PARA for Microsoft 365 files
Classify Microsoft 365 files and notes into PARA: projects, areas, resources, and archives.
The move: organize files by what they are for now. PARA has four buckets: Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. Projects are active outcomes with deadlines. Areas are ongoing responsibilities. Resources are useful reference material. Archives are inactive completed work. This is especially useful in Microsoft 365 because files travel across tools. A Word document can start in OneDrive, get linked in Teams, become a SharePoint source of truth, and end up as a reference in OneNote. PARA gives that movement a logic. The question is not "Where did I save it?" The question is "What role does this file play…
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