Sports: projects or areas of focus?

[Fritz58]

Could you please help me formulate the name of the projects. I'm in for sports playing tennis (two times a week) and lifting weights (three times a week). I want to put that on my project list. There's no any particular finish line for these projects. I play tennis to support my cardio system and doing lifts to support and develop my muscles. I hope they are never ending projects

Could they be areas of focus under my Health area of focus? What it the best way to formulate them?

[kelstarrising]

Areas of Focus. Key would be that they don't end. Projects have an end in mind within 12-18 months. Areas of Focus don't end until you no longer want to manage or maintain that area.

One of my Areas of Focus is Vibrant Health & Fitness. Various projects at times to support that have been around sporting events I've completed.

Hope that helps!

[Fritz58]

So tennis would be an area of focus as well? I can't imagine any particular project. I just come and play tennis, don't need to win any competition or whatever. Just play for my health, two times a week.

[TesTeq]

So tennis would be an area of focus as well? I can't imagine any particular project.

Win the US Open (or Wimbledon) tournament?
Win the Olympic Games tournament?
Learn 50% reliable backhand volley?
Encourage a friend to regularly play tennis with you?

[Fritz58]

TesTeq, don't want or need to win any tournament, just play because I feel great when doing so. Don't need to learn any back or forehands, just love to play, love the feeling. I don't need to accomplish anything here, just be there in time for the next play!

[vbampton]

So tennis would be an area of focus as well? I can't imagine any particular project. I just come and play tennis, don't need to win any competition or whatever. Just play for my health, two times a week.

If there's not an end point in mind, then yes, it's an Area of Focus. You don't have a next action, other than the appointments on your calendar. On the other hand, you do want it on your Areas of Focus so you can consider it every so often - are you going often enough, do you want to put any new projects in place, is there anything else you need to do to aid your tennis (i.e. project - need new tennis shoes)?

[TesTeq]

TesTeq, don't want or need to win any tournament, just play because I feel great when doing so. Don't need to learn any back or forehands, just love to play, love the feeling. I don't need to accomplish anything here, just be there in time for the next play!

So it is a standalone recurring event in the "fitness" Area of Focus.

When I was able to play tennis I always wanted to do it better and better each time. Not for the sake of winning with somebody but I like to improve my skills.

[Fritz58]

Testeq, me too. But my coach knows better then me what to improve and how to do it Victoria, thanks for advice!

[Oogiem]

Could they be areas of focus under my Health area of focus? What it the best way to formulate them?

I don't like deeply nested AOF systems and I also don't think it works quite right to have so many AOF that it's hard to manage. If I counted each and every thing that I want to maintain as an AOF I'd have hundreds of them. As it is I have a 2 level system with 7 top level AOF buckets:

Family & Friends
Manage our Farm Sustainably
Personal Development
Computer and Technology
Oil & Gas Issues
Keep a Comfortable House
Work in my Community

Within each of those larger areas are separate more traditional AOFs. For example:
Under personal development I have these sections:

Maintain an Healthy Lifestyle
Ongoing Learning
Writing
Reading
Knitting
Weaving
Sewing
Quilting
Scrapbooks
Photography
Misc. Art Media
Genealogy

My projects are within those folders. I personally have a lot of never-ending projects like that and it doesn't' bother me.

I am trying to do a yoga class once a week, weight lifting once a week, bodyweight exercises 2 times a week and an occasional pilates class. So I have projects within my Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle AOF for those items.

One is Attend Yoga and Pilates Classes. The actions within that are repeating ones that are set to start the days that there are classes I can go to.

Another project is Regular Weight Lifting and I set an action that repeats weekly to do a 20 minute workout with weights. I don't have a set day or time so I set it to start at the beginning of the week and be due at the end of the week. That way I see it if I haven't gotten it done this week. I do the same for the bodyweight project.

True, they will never really end but I can't handle having more AOFs to cover every single recurring or never ending project.

[Fritz58]

Oogie, thanks! Your post hit the wall!