Personal kanban: a kanban board for your own work

1. Visualise your work. Everything you've committed to, on one board you can see at a glance. Not in your head, and not spread across 5 apps.
2. Limit your work in progress. Only a few things in Doing at once. Finishing beats juggling.

That's all of it. Everything else is a habit that makes those 2 easier.

• To Do: everything you've said yes to, most important at the top.
• Doing: what you're working on now. Limit it to 2 or 3 cards.
• Waiting: started, but stuck on someone else. It keeps blocked work out of Doing.
• Done: finished. Seeing it fill up is half the point.

The task tracker template starts with exactly these 4 columns.

Start with a WIP limit of 3 on Doing. When it's full, finish something or move it to Waiting before you pull the next card. If 3 feels like too much, try 2. Most people find they get more done with fewer things open, not more.

Once a week, take 15 minutes with the board:

1. Archive what's in Done.
2. Chase what's been in Waiting longest.
3. Re-order To Do for the week ahead.
4. Remove what you're never going to do. A shorter list is easier to trust.

• Keep cards small. "Plan the trip" never moves. "Book the flights" does.
• Put dates only on real deadlines. Then the ones that matter stand out.
• Use one board. Work and life on one board shows the real load. Tags can tell them apart.
• Look at it daily. A board you don't open is a list you forgot.

craaft's Free plan suits personal kanban: 3 projects with unlimited cards, forever, with no credit card. Put a WIP limit on Doing, and the column shows when it's full. Focus lists what's due and overdue across all your boards each morning.

An agent connected over MCP can add cards from a list you dictate, or tell you what's been waiting longest, on the same board.