I remember something my mother once taught me (actually, she probably taught it to me on many occasions). She said that, if possible, you should only touch things once. This is in reference to things like laundry. It's better to take care of it all at once rather than taking clothes and putting them in a basket, then later taking it to your room, then later putting them away. Once you pick something up take care of it all the way.
This is something I am going to try to do better. Instead of putting something in a drawer or on a shelf to sort through and decide about later, I will take action at the time. This can certainly apply to digital things as well. Take care of e-mail when you first "touch" it. Answer it, delete it, do whatever you need to do with it then. Don't just let it sit, waiting for it to be taken care of someday.
I'm going to do better with touching things once and not putting them off 'til later. I challenge you to do the same.
-barefoot Andy
This is something I am going to try to do better. Instead of putting something in a drawer or on a shelf to sort through and decide about later, I will take action at the time. This can certainly apply to digital things as well. Take care of e-mail when you first "touch" it. Answer it, delete it, do whatever you need to do with it then. Don't just let it sit, waiting for it to be taken care of someday.
I'm going to do better with touching things once and not putting them off 'til later. I challenge you to do the same.
-barefoot Andy
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