Reference Is Not A Parking Lot

The teach Reference Is Not A Parking Lot is about retrievability, not about making the screen look tidy. Start by asking what the message requires, then move it to a state that can carry the next behavior. If it is action, create a task or reply. If it is dependency, create waiting-for. If it is information, make it retrievable. If it is noise, delete it. Before and after Before: filing undecided messages under vague labels, so the same message gets reread and reinterpreted. After: the message has one visible destination and the inbox stops acting as memory. Trap callout Do…

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