{"id":208,"date":"2017-09-06T20:52:40","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T18:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogger.amazingmarvin.com?p=208"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:22:19","slug":"break-large-projects-tasks-bite-sized-tasks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amazingmarvin.com\/blog\/break-large-projects-tasks-bite-sized-tasks\/","title":{"rendered":"How to break down large projects & tasks into bite-sized tasks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to feel like you got a ton of stuff done at the end of the day?<\/p>\n

Do you want to make steady\u00a0progress toward your life goals?<\/p>\n

Of course you do!<\/p>\n

The key to achieving this is to work off a daily to-do list and to make sure the tasks you put on your list are tasty tasks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A tasty task is a task that is so well written that you almost can’t resist doing it.<\/p>\n

One key feature of any tasty task is that the task will take you no longer than 1 hour to complete<\/strong>! And if you struggle with procrastination and\/or staying focused for long periods of time, your maximum task length should be smaller still \u2014 closer to 30min.<\/p>\n

This sounds easy enough in theory. But many people struggle with creating small tasks.<\/p>\n

If you have a huge task on your to-do list right now and are wondering how to make tiny bite-sized tasks out of it<\/strong>, this guide is for you!<\/p>\n

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How to break large projects into small tasks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How to break down a large task into small tasks<\/h1>\n

A step by step guide<\/h3>\n

Each of the following steps will help you break your large task into smaller pieces, each being a nice action step you can act on right away when you see it on your to-do list.<\/p>\n

1) Define: project or task?<\/h2>\n

First, let’s think about if our “task” is really a project. It’s wise to make a clear distinction between tasks and projects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A task is something you can do more or less in one sitting.<\/strong> If something takes you several months\/weeks, multiple days or even the better part of a day it is best to think of your “task” as a project.<\/p>\n

You might associate the word project with something from the corporate world or school. But almost\u00a0anything we want to do and achieve can be thought of as a project<\/strong>. And it is actually a really good idea to turn most goals into projects!<\/p>\n

So, is your task really a project? If so, continue to step 2.<\/p>\n

If your task is not a project, but rather just a really long task, then skip ahead to step 3.<\/p>\n

2) Break a large project into milestones<\/h2>\n

If your giant task turned out to be a project, let’s check if your project is so large that it should be broken down further into individual milestones.<\/p>\n

Here are two general rules to follow when it comes to milestones:<\/strong><\/p>\n