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But if you’re already in a mess, you’re not free to make one

But if you’re already in a mess, you’re not free to make one. If you have a desk piled with unfinished, unclear work; if you’re trying to repair something in your garage with tools and incomplete projects strewn everywhere; if you’ve got thousands of unprocessed emails in your inbox; or if you’ve just got a lot of issues and situations in your life and work on your mind—you’re going to be laboring under a serious handicap.
That’s why, when I’m not doing anything else, I’m cleaning up. — https://gettingthingsdone.com/2018/11/the-strategic-value-of-clear-space/
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