Sort

I have an ‘electronic pile’ of email newsletters dating back to last July, which I’m finally working through. The first thing I did was sort them into categories of similar topics: for example, three of my many areas of interest (besides risk/quality/competence) are productivity, writing skills, and entertainment (bring on the funny dog videos).

Our brains are amazing, but also lazy.  Jumping from topic to topic, in hazes of clouded information, is not an effective way to absorb information.  I set aside 20-45mins a day, and it’s more satisfying when the time is spent on one newsletter type or topic.