David Allen’s Getting Things Done and other to-do list systems get you mostly one thing: to-do lists whose limitless infinity lets and makes you indulge in creating to-do list items ad infinitum. Says Gerard Van der Leun and offers a less insane and self-limiting to-do list.

Whether bookmarking Gmail’s Compose Mail page is one of the most important things you have to do to-day for you I cannot decide, but if you open Gmail often only to click on Compose Mail seconds later, there is many a second (hours every year!) you can save for spending on your to-do lists: ›› Create a shortcut to composing new emails with Gmail in your browser.

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