Setting milestones in projects.

There are some projects that get done in a day, some even get done in hours or minutes. But most projects take multiple days or weeks to complete.

The challenge in working on long projects especially when you are working alone is that it is easy to get lost along the way. Sometimes, in worst-case scenarios, we may even start moving in circles.

That's where milestones help: What actions can change the status quo of the project, what can make things irreversible and what is the minimum we need to do to reach there? The more we do this, the more effective we are in the execution of the project.

Every time we take an action that makes things irreversible, we set a milestone that helps us mark our journey forward.