Kanban Board 2026

Hello Dear Reader!

Have you ever heard of a Kanban board? Today I’m going to tell you all about mine.

Attending Dragonsteel with Dustin and Phil was a huge highlight of 2025. It was so much fun for all of us to hang out and get to pitch our books, meet fans, and just have a great time in general. We all live in different states so we don’t get to see each other in person very much and it was a wonderful treat.

Something else that Dragonsteel helped with was honing my focus. In 2025 I had a ton of goals and they were all over the place. Coming back from Dragonsteel I had a better idea of what I wanted to accomplish in 2026. Towards the end of December/beginning of January I put together a Kanban board. I have significantly fewer goals this year, but they all feel more targeted towards the overall vision of what I want to accomplish in my creative work.

A kanban board is a project management tool. (I’m married to a project manager, so no one should be shocked by this.) Mine is just a white board with sticky notes on it. It has three columns: To Do, Doing, and Done. Everything I want to do in the year gets written on a sticky note and posted in the To Do column. When I start on it, it gets moved over to the Doing column, and then when it’s finished it goes to Done. It’s pretty simple, but it’s a nice visual way to see what I’m working on, what’s left to do, and also shows everything I’ve accomplished. (Don’t get Success Amnesia! Celebrate Your wins!) It also helps me make sure I don’t have too many things pile up in the Doing column.

I wanted to share because maybe this type of tool will help you keep on track with some of your goals or projects this year?

Here is my Kanban board for 2026 and my progress so far.

You’ll see I have some writing and some non-writing goals here. It’s good to diversify.

Till next time dear reader, I’d love to hear what sorts of tools do you use to stay organized and to stay on track. <3 Tiff