Too much coming in.
WHAT CAUSES IT
More sources than anyone can follow Everything arriving with equal apparent urgency No decision made about what to ignore
THAT LAST ONE
The actual cause.
WHAT TO DO
Decide deliberately what you will not follow.
WHAT TO REDUCE
Subscriptions you do not read Groups you do not need Notifications for anything not requiring immediate action
WHAT TO ESTABLISH
Which sources genuinely inform your work.
WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST
Remove them.
WHAT TO PROCESS ON A SCHEDULE
Messages and information, at set times rather than continuously.
WHY
Continuous processing prevents sustained work on anything.
WHAT TO DO WITH EACH ITEM
Decide once: act, file, defer or discard.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Return repeatedly to the same item without deciding.
WHAT TO ACCEPT
You cannot read everything, and attempting to is itself the problem.
WHAT TO REVIEW PERIODICALLY
What you are subscribed to, which accumulates unnoticed.
