Resilience · 3 min
Reduce the field
Overwhelm is usually a problem of how much is in view, not how much exists. This narrows the view.
Resilience · 3 min
Overwhelm is usually a problem of how much is in view, not how much exists. This narrows the view.
Say out loud everything currently competing for your attention. Do not sort it.
Choose the one item that would still matter if the day ended early.
Decide what happens to the rest today: later, delegated, or genuinely not yours.
Put the one item somewhere you can see, and close everything else.
The list is unchanged. What you are looking at is not.