How I did it: Naturally, I started by reading the book Getting Things Done by David Allen.  I followed the book and incorporated as much of his system into my life as possible.  Then, as I found that parts of the system didn't work for me, I either tweaked or eliminated them.  Now after more than six months, I have a system that handles more than 80% of my stuff.

I've built in surge capacity, so that when things get hectic, the system can stretch to accommodate it.  When things get slow, it contracts.

Lessons & tips: Keep it simple.  Relentlessly reduce clutter.

If you are spending more time managing your system that actually doing stuff, you need to scale back.

Resources: lifehacker.com
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