@craigmaloney I've looked into and followed GTD before, but it takes a dedicated time and workflow to keep on track with that kind of stuff and given everything happening in life I am way off track from having a regular routine

I'd like to set up one again but I can't do that until our stuff arrives :(

@cwebber This is exactly the time for this, then. :)

Start by making a list and adding the stuff that shows up in your inbox to that list. Projects, next actions, etc.

Part of the crap feeling is because you're overwhelmed by the thoughs of what you have to do. Getting it out of your inbox will give you that relief.

@craigmaloney I have such a system, and I do capture it into my TODO list, but there's a lot of things I know I need to get to and I'm drowning

I'm also getting way more emails than I can even take the time to categorize right now. Part of that is a problem with my email flow, and I need to address it.

BTW, Morgan and I have "check-ins" every week, and I carry a todo list around with me on my Hipster PDA and sync it with org-mode regularly...

@craigmaloney I really have two big problems right now: not enough time, and also I'm a very "I need to be in a routine" person. I can't really have it with everything in waiting... and also with the cosntant flood of anxiety I have right now from not knowing what's up with the movers...

@cwebber Understandable. I know how I get when I don't have the routine around me.

But right now there's nothing you can do with the movers. That's something you're waiting on (waiting context). Unless there's a physical next action you can take right now then there's nothing more you can do.

So write it into your system and mark it as waiting.

Otherwise you'll use that energy to fret about it.

@cwebber moving is super stressful for almost everyone, consider just letting people know your still putting your life back together after moving and you need to cut back on other things for now until you get unpacked. There's physical and emotional limits to how much one person can get done.

@cwebber Completely understand these feels.

What's on your TODO list right now that you know you're not going to get to this week. Maybe you need to put those on a someday / maybe list so you'll be able to look at them when you're more ready for them.

And again, the two minute rule is golden. If you can do it in two minutes then do it.

Start from the top, email by email and ask "what's the next action on this".

Take 10 minutes to do this and see where you land.

@craigmaloney @cwebber its probably too late to help while moving (something difficult enough without then having to deal with a big pile of email) but I think more people should know about the email sabbatical idea. http://www.danah.org/EmailSabbatical.html