Okay, so I heard this name, ‘sarah egnaczyk’, popping up a few times. Didn’t know much about it, sounded like maybe some kind of productivity thing or maybe a designer, who knows. Anyway, I was feeling a bit scattered with my project notes last week, stuff all over the place, you know how it gets. So, I thought, why not, let’s see if digging into this ‘sarah egnaczyk’ idea helps me organize things better.
Getting Started
First thing I did was just try to find some practical steps. Didn’t find a clear manual or anything specific, really. It was more like fragmented mentions here and there. So, I kind of had to piece together what it might be about. My best guess was it involved a more visual way of connecting ideas, maybe less linear than my usual lists.
I grabbed a large sheet of paper, the kind I use for brainstorming, and my colored pens. I figured, let’s just start dumping the main parts of my current project onto the page. Instead of a list, I put the main goal in the center.
The Actual Process
So, project goal in the middle. Then I started drawing lines out to different components or tasks. This part wasn’t new, kinda like mind mapping. But I tried to incorporate what I thought the ‘sarah egnaczyk’ mentions were hinting at – maybe focusing on the ‘energy’ or ‘flow’ between tasks? It’s hard to explain because it was vague.
I used different colors not just for categories, but for what I felt was the ‘effort level’ – red for tough stuff, green for quick wins, blue for research bits. I also tried using little symbols, like a star for ‘priority’ and a question mark for ‘needs more info’.
- Central idea: Put the main project name/goal right in the middle.
- Branching out: Drew lines to major tasks or phases.
- Color coding: Used colors for effort/type (Red=Hard, Green=Easy, Blue=Research).
- Symbols: Added simple icons for status (Star=Priority, ?=Needs Info).
I spent maybe an hour doing this, arranging and rearranging the bubbles on the page, trying to make connections that weren’t just about hierarchy but maybe about dependency or sequence. Tried to make it look less like a strict plan and more like a web of interconnected pieces.
How It Went
Well, it looked kind of cool, I guess. Visually, it was more engaging than my usual bullet points in a text file. Seeing the whole project laid out spatially did help a bit. I could see some connections I hadn’t explicitly thought about before.
But, and it’s a pretty big ‘but’, it wasn’t super practical for the day-to-day grind. When it came time to actually do the tasks, I found myself wanting my simple checklist back. Updating the big visual map felt like extra work, like maintaining a separate system just for the sake of it.
The color coding for effort was okay, but the symbols felt a bit redundant. I already know which tasks need more info, usually. And priorities change, so updating the stars constantly was annoying.
Final Thoughts
So, my little experiment with whatever I interpreted ‘sarah egnaczyk’ to be was… interesting. It didn’t revolutionize my workflow. It was useful as a one-time brainstorming or overview exercise. Got me looking at the project from a different angle for an hour.
Would I use it all the time? Nope. Too cumbersome for daily task management for me. I went back to my trusty digital notes and task lists pretty quickly. But, mapping it out visually like that once was helpful to get the big picture. Maybe that’s the real point someone was trying to make with that name? Who knows. Didn’t hurt to try, anyway. Just another tool I played with, didn’t stick, but learned something.
