Some decent advice so far, few different approaches. For myself I have 20k unread emails. I don't care. I've already taken a pass on the From, Subject and first

Some decent advice so far, few different approaches. For myself I have 20k unread emails. I don't care. I've already taken a pass on the From, Subject and first line or so. Don't flag an email as a to-do unless you are actually committed to doing it, or you need to do it. Let everything else fall out of the bottom (so you can still search and filter up to a point) With bookmarks, I would go against others here and say continue bookmarking anything and everything you think is worth a follow-up in the future, but also create a second list of "Bookmarks I must action", with the understanding that you are again, committing time in the future to ensure this gets completed. Mediums such as films, music and TV, I try and set a realistic limit on how many items I have it my list before I simply purge the oldest items. If I was serious about them, I would have completed them already. Just be honest, realistic, and plan.