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Why productivity systems can add to your stress
From my betabeat column on why you should use a todo list:
Here's a complaint I hear disturbingly often: "I'm really stressed by the 10,000 emails in my inbox, but I don't have time to do anything about it." Countless users worldwide face stress and anxiety daily as they wonder what important item might be missing in the crowded chaos of their email inbox.Ironically enough, many productivity systems only add to the stress. You know the kind: "Just add plug-in X, configure setting Y, install widget Z, and use this particular app and this 19-step process and you'll begin to get a handle on it." This may work well for software engineers who debug compilers for fun, but the other 99.9 percent of users are unlikely to adopt such a complicated system, no matter how effective it is for the elite few who can get it up and running.
Let's be realistic. Most people need a system that solves their email overload but doesn't require a lot of time to learn or special tools to install. People want something simple, quick to learn, easy to use, and not dependent on one particular platform.
If this sounds right, I've got the system for you.
Read the full piece. Or just head over to my todo list, Good Todo, to give it a try.
