Tracking Your Progress On A Project

Regardless of whether you are a high school student, a college student, or a full-time employee at a desk job, one of the most difficult things can be working on a long-term project that requires a lot of work, as it can make it difficult to complete a project when you are unable to see your progress.

When you are working on a project over an extended period, it can feel like the project is never going to end; one way to counteract this feeling is by keeping track of your progress as you make your way through a project.

The first step you need to take in tracking your progress throughout a project is to set up a step-by-step process of how you plan to approach the project; this will give you a framework from which you can work, figuring out how much work you need to do at each point in time.


As you make your way through the project, start to fill in notes on your work from each section of the project; not only will these notes help you see how far along in the project you have come, but they will also give you a detailed breakdown of how much work you have done.

As you complete each section of the project, you can “mark it off your list,” which will allow you see how many sections you started out with and how many you still have left to complete.

When it comes to long-term projects, discipline will, of course, be a very important aspect, as you can come up with all the “plans” and “charts” you want, but this will mean nothing if you are not maintaining discipline to work on the project as time passes.

As long as you are able to focus on a long-term project from an early point – keeping track of your progress as you make your way through it - you should be able to avoid stress while completing any project in a timely manner!