The other day I was overwhelmed with all the things I needed to. This is how I got organized and less overwhelmed.

Highlights* Getting email and Trello under control * Where are the places you store things that need to get done? + Trello + Post-it Notes + Email + Slack + 3×5 Cards + Notebook * Offline email client–Thunderbird + Used in conjunction with GMail and other email providers + All of my email is stored locally where it can’t be hacked or lost * Recomendo (my favorite newsletter of all) * Getting to Inbox Zero at least once during a given day * Sharpies & 3×5 cards are an easy way to capture and organize all the things overwhelming you + Easy to move around + Don’t stick to surface + Collapsable into a single pile so you don’t have to see all the cards (and get overwhelmed) * Trello + Columns - Today - This Week - Next Week - Backlog + Set due dates and alerts for specific cards (generates email) * Overall triage process + Go through all the email in Thunderbird and get the main Inbox to zero - Move to folder - Delete - Forward tasks to Trello via email - Book mark related webpage/information via Pinboard + Organize and move cards in Trello - Move all the cards (not in Backlog) to “Next Week” column (as often as you need to) - Triage from there + Look for patterns in the cards/tasks if there’s another * Projects vs. tasks * How to do this process with 3×5 cards

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