• English

      • PARA Theme Management

      PARA is a note organization method — sort all your notes into four categories: Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archive. This guide shows how to use PARA in Aino LifeOS to organize your notes.

      Understanding the Four Categories

      Before organizing, understand what goes where:

      CategoryWhat Goes HereHow to DecideExamples
      ProjectsThings with deadlinesDone when completedProduct launch, trip planning
      AreasOngoing responsibilitiesNo endpoint, needs maintenanceHealth, finances, career
      ResourcesInteresting referencesNo action needed nowRecipes, design inspiration, tech articles
      ArchiveNo longer activeCompleted projects, outdated resourcesLast year's projects, old references

      Set Up PARA Folders

      Aino LifeOS organizes the sidebar by PARA categories. Create this folder structure in your vault:

      Vault/
├── 1-Projects/
│   ├── Product-Launch/
│   └── Quarterly-OKR/
├── 2-Areas/
│   ├── Health/
│   └── Finance/
├── 3-Resources/
│   ├── Programming/
│   └── Reading-Notes/
└── 4-Archive/
    └── 2023-Projects/

      Aino LifeOS auto-detects this structure and displays it categorized in the sidebar.

      Use the Home View

      Open Aino LifeOS's home page to see your PARA overview as cards:

      1. Project cards — Show active projects with progress
      2. Area list — Display areas you're continuously responsible for
      3. Recent resources — Recently added reference materials
      4. Archive stats — Count of archived content

      Click any card to enter that category and view all notes.

      Organize Further with Tags

      Beyond folders, use tags for more flexible categorization:

      1. Add tags to notes, like #project/product-launch, #area/health
      2. Open the Tag Tree view to browse all related notes by tag hierarchy
      3. A single note can have multiple tags for cross-category connections

      Create New Notes

      To create notes within the PARA system:

      1. Select the target category folder in the sidebar
      2. Right-click → New Note
      3. Enter the note title and start writing

      Or quickly jot things down in your daily note first, then move to the appropriate PARA category later.

      Manage Note Lifecycle

      PARA's core principle is "actionability" — note categories change over time:

      When a Project Completes

      1. Confirm all tasks in the project folder are done
      2. Drag the entire project folder to 4-Archive/
      3. The project disappears from the home view but remains searchable

      Periodic Review

      Spend 15 minutes monthly reviewing your PARA:

      • Are there completed projects that haven't been archived?
      • Should any areas be downgraded to resources?
      • Have any resources actually become active projects?
      Tip

      The key to PARA isn't categorization itself, but "actionability." Where a note belongs depends on whether you need to act on it now. Completed projects should be promptly archived to free up attention.

      Use "Flash Roaming"

      Click the "Flash Roaming" button and Aino LifeOS randomly surfaces your historical notes — helping you rediscover forgotten ideas and spark new connections.

      This is especially useful when you've accumulated many resource notes: content you thought "I'll use this later" resurfaces through random browsing.

      • Periodic Notes — PARA provides spatial dimension, periodic notes provide temporal dimension
      • Full-text Search — Quickly locate any note in your PARA system
      • Task Management — Tasks in projects are automatically collected