The obstacle with vertical organisation is that you need to optimise things for lookup, and this is a learnt skill. One of the neat things about vertical organi

The obstacle with vertical organisation is that you need to optimise things for lookup, and this is a learnt skill. One of the neat things about vertical organisation is that you can keep your head more free. I used to have a tasklist that would grow and grow. Recently I've moved to having projects I'm committed to and a project plan for each. I can easily now vet whether I should accept or pass off a new incoming task. It also allows me to dump stuff from my mind that relates to projects other than the one I'm working on at the moment. This doesn't work for all modes of work.