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wilsonng: Great reply!

I periodically find myself overwhelmed. This happened recently. Here are some things I've done that I find helpful.

Reduce distraction

- Use email rules/filters to shunt list emails into a "read" folder. Then review that folder daily, and read them, delete, or archive. I find it much easier to quickly skim or delete them in that folder, than when they fester in my inbox. In my inbox, I may have angst and go "hah" (that's a David Allen quote ;) about a lot of list emails. Of course, unsubscribing to lists you really don't read makes a lot of sense.

- Rigorously reduce US Mail and phone lists by registering with ADVO and do not call lists. That only goes so far; then send emails to companies that are communicating things to you that you don't want.

Set appropriate OF "review every…" cycles

A lot of my projects (especially someday or maybe ones) are on a 6 month or 1 year review cycle.

Review at least one single action list thoroughly during your weekly review

Look at each action in the SAL, and clarify, prune, augment.

Ensure you have an appropriate next action for each project

This can be helpful when in action mode. Maybe even filter for "next action" to make focusing easier.