Have you hit inbox zero lately, if you were able to touch that state how did you feel, exhilarated, overwhelmed, or exhausted. Now are you planning to replicate the same with your To – Do lists, well unfortunately the lists won’t hit the zero figure until the day you bid adieu to this hectic world, more so if your list happens to be crazy.
Productivity Nirvana
Well if productivity nirvana is emptying your lists and calendars in your view, then it is not likely to happen any time soon or in the distant future. This is kind of tied to your having a job, along with family, friends and life to manage as well. If you happen to be like regular folks then your to do list is always overflowing up-to the brim and you are left with an overwhelming feeling that everything needs to be done right now.
The Priorities
The usual approach is to tackle the mountain of ever growing tasks by sorting them in order of priority and starting 
at the top. It seems to be the most logical thing to do, however if you look at it closely you would easily be able to see that the whole thing is being approached backwards. When you go about setting your priorities you got to consider three factors depending on which you would be able to choose what you are going to do next.
Manageable Set of Choices
In the event you are really feeling overwhelmed and are unsure of how and where to start you need to set your top priority list aside for a while and consider these three important factors. They will help you sort excess of options into a more manageable set of choices. By now you must be wondering what these factors could be perhaps, well they are really simple. These are the limitations `of context, the time available as well as the resources in hand.
Ask These Simple Questions
Go Ahead and ask these simple questions, what is the value of getting things done and what is the risk involved if I delay these things or avoid accomplishing them at all. To be able to accomplish the right thing you need to factor in the right person, right place, right time and the right tool as well.
Get Into The Rhythm
Just visualize you are right in the middle of a meeting and it suddenly occurs to you 
that you were supposed to buy shampoo, which was in the list of errands. This is not the right time and place to buy a shampoo. You cannot do it at all no matter how hard you try. Again if you are not able to allocate the right chunk of time required for accomplishing a certain task you would not be able to get into the rhythm to accomplish the same.
Energy Constraint
Chances are you would most definitely overshoot the timeline. You need to have the resources as well if you are to deliver within the stipulated time frame. Say it is almost the weekend and there is some task that asks for a lot of mental bandwidth, you would not be able to do justice due to energy constraint.
Final Words
Now you need to take the call whether to pull yourself up, which you would be required to do at times, or postpone it to the fresh work week, it is entirely your call. You need to be pulling in priorities. You would thus be able to wade through a maze of choices, with an easy frame of mind, and with the complete knowledge that you would be able to accomplish only as much only then you would go ahead and make the best choices at the moment and attain success.
