Okay, let’s talk about this “jordan laria” thing I tried out recently. It wasn’t exactly a tool or software, more like a mindset or approach I read about somewhere, maybe on some forum or blog, I can’t even remember where exactly. The name stuck, though. My own projects felt scattered, all over the place, you know? Like juggling too many balls and dropping most of them. I needed something different.
Getting Started
So, I decided to just dive in. The core idea, as I understood it from my hazy memory, was about extreme simplification. Not just tidying up, but really stripping things down. First thing I did was look at my current project folder. Man, what a mess. Years of stuff just piled up.
I took these steps, trying to follow that “jordan laria” vibe:
- Dump everything visually: I didn’t just list files. I kinda mapped them out on a huge whiteboard, drawing connections, seeing what actually mattered. It looked like a conspiracy theory board for a while.
- Identify the absolute core: What was the one thing this project was really about? Not the features, not the extras, but the fundamental purpose. This was harder than it sounds. Took me a good afternoon of just staring and thinking.
- Archive brutally: Everything that wasn’t directly serving that core purpose? Into an archive folder. Not deleted, not yet, but out of sight. This felt weird, like throwing away perfectly good stuff, but I pushed through.
- Rebuild from the core: Started a new, clean structure based only on that core idea I identified. Only brought back elements from the archive if they were absolutely essential for the next immediate step.
The Process and Feeling
Honestly, the first few days felt… naked. My project directory looked empty. I had this constant itch to go back to the archive, to bring back some complexity because complexity felt productive, you know? It felt like I wasn’t doing enough if things looked too simple. That was the main struggle. Letting go of the clutter felt like letting go of potential, even though that potential was just weighing me down.
I forced myself to work within that simplified structure for about two weeks. Every time I wanted to add something new or check the old stuff, I asked myself: “Is this really about the core? Right now?”. Most of the time, the answer was no. It forced me to focus on the main goal, rather than getting sidetracked by shiny new ideas or polishing old, irrelevant bits.
So, Did It Work?
Well, yes and no. It definitely helped me get unstuck on that specific project. By clearing out the noise, I could finally see the path forward for the main thing. Progress became much faster because I wasn’t constantly distracted. It was a huge relief in that sense.
But is it a way I’ll organize everything from now on? Probably not. It felt a bit too extreme for day-to-day stuff. Sometimes you need that bit of organized chaos, those side ideas simmering. Archiving everything so aggressively might mean losing sparks of inspiration later.
So, my takeaway from trying this “jordan laria” approach was this: it’s a great reset button. When you’re totally overwhelmed and lost in complexity, it’s a powerful way to cut through the crap and find your focus again. Use it like a tool for specific situations, maybe not as a whole new religion. It helped me get that one project moving, and that’s what I needed back then. Worth the experiment, for sure.
