> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://help.sonto.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Organise your way

> Learn how to organise your work in Sonto with projects and areas

Sonto gives you two containers for your work — **areas** and **projects** — plus **groups** to add
structure inside them. Watch the walkthrough below, or read the written steps that follow.

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## Areas vs projects

The difference is simple:

* A **project** is a set of tasks aimed at a finite goal. Projects have an **end** — a day you mark them
  complete.
* An **area** represents an ongoing part of your life, a category that never finishes — like *work*,
  *personal*, or *family*.

See [Projects & Areas](/reference/projects-areas) for the full reference.

## Working inside an area

Open an area and you can:

* **Add tasks** directly to it.
* **Add a group** and drag tasks into it, to organise things however is useful to you.
* **Write notes** for the area.
* **Pick an emoji** — click the area's icon and choose one that represents it.

A task in an area that's scheduled for today shows up on your Day screen, just like any other task; when
you complete it, it appears in today's completed list too.

## Working inside a project

A project works much like an area — groups, loose tasks, and notes — with one difference: instead of an
emoji, a project shows a **progress pie** that fills as you check tasks off. (That's the trade-off: a
pie *or* an emoji, not both.)

When everything's done, the pie is full — but the project isn't finished until you say so. **Click the
pie to mark the project complete.** It then disappears from your sidebar to keep things uncluttered, but
it's still reachable through its area.

<Info>
  If a project *isn't* inside an area and you complete it, a subtle **Project archive** link appears at
  the bottom of the sidebar so you can still get back to it.
</Info>

## Rearranging everything

Pick up tasks, projects, or whole areas and drag to reorder them. Drag a project onto an area to nest it
there, or drag it out to make it stand alone. Drop a task onto the Day and it's scheduled for today.

<Tip>
  Your **Plans** area is really just an area, and each plan is a special kind of project — so you can
  drag a plan into a different area if you like. See [Plan your Year and Quarter](/guides/planning-your-year-and-quarter).
</Tip>

## Where to next

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    Organise across projects and areas at once.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Projects & Areas reference" icon="folder" href="/reference/projects-areas">
    Every detail of projects and areas.
  </Card>
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