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Too many projects on the go again. Only ways I know of to let work go:
1. Do it
2. Delegate it
3. Don't do it
Are there other options I'm missing?
@Rob_Russell you got 3 out of 4, the last is "defer it". this includes things like snoozing an email, or putting something on a "maybe/someday" to-do list you deliberately look at only once a month. it's out of sight, out of mind, but still captured somewhere so you don't have to waste brainpower remembering it
@tpope good point. I do keep an overflow list for my "someday/maybe" ideas but maybe I'm losing confidence in my deferred lists.
A good deferral system is like having cupboards with doors instead of open shelving. Coincidentally my current physical lab space is all open shelving...