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Turn this backlog into a short list
Several hundred unread messages and no idea where to start.
Triage the messages below. Return four groups: 1. Needs me this week — with what is being asked and the deadline. 2. Needs a two-line reply — with the reply drafted. 3. Needs filing, no reply. 4. Can be deleted unread, grouped by sender. Be decisive. Something that has sat unanswered for a month and produced no follow-up rarely needs answering now — put it in group 4 and say so plainly rather than moving it to group 1 to be safe. Finish with the single message to deal with first, and why it beats the others. Messages:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Triage and actions. Turning a backlog into the few things that genuinely need you, with everything else named and dismissed.
Related prompts
Find what I am waiting on and who owes meThreads where you sent something and nothing came back.Extract every promise I madeFinding the things you agreed to in passing and never wrote down.Summarise a thread I have been added to lateForty messages deep, and you have just been copied in.Pull every date out of my inboxDeadlines, renewals and appointments scattered across weeks of mail.Check whether this email is a scamA message that looks official and is asking you to do something.List every service I have an account withYou have signed up for hundreds of things over a decade and have no idea what they are.
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