[curt.clifton]

I use flags to mark the projects that are related to my monthly goals. This means that I don't have to change the flags often, just set them in my monthly review. During the day, I first work from an "urgent" perspective, that shows my tasks that are due soon. After knocking off those tasks, if any time remains, I switch to an "important" perspective, that shows my flagged available actions.

I've found that breaking out of my old habit of planning the day's actions to be both time saving and stress reducing. Time saving because I'm not doing the planning. Stress reducing because I don't have the guilt of not accomplishing everything on my plan when life interrupts.