> you have to find your own way of getting what's in your head into a place you can trust That's definitely #1. I'm surprised I had to scroll so far down to fi

> you have to find your own way of getting what's in your head into a place you can trust That's definitely #1. I'm surprised I had to scroll so far down to find it. :) For a long time I was looking for a system that would auto-prioritize tasks for me. I'd dump things in, and it would tell me what I had to do today, this week and this month. Long story short, it turned out to be a silly expectation. So #2 rule should be, review your tasks periodically. Basically, an 80/20 productivity system should be: #1 write everything down #2 review and cull your list every day #3 do things off your list