actualNoteContentPart: ## Gather tasks by browsing email inbox and Inbox Note
  After confirming that the calendar doesn't call for anything urgent, the next step is to check my email inboxes and my "Inbox Note," which is a note I check daily that contains all of the tasks that either 1) I haven't yet filed into other notes or 2) are small enough (1 hour or less) to imagine I could get them done on any given day 3) are important enough that I want to see them daily. 
  
  
  My inbox note is a mishmash of unfiled tasks at the top, followed by up to 50 tasks that I haven't hidden or moved to another note
  
  
  Since the Inbox Note is first stop for most random ideas that I have (often generated via discussions with coworkers), it is a daily battle to keep it <= 50 tasks. My top 3 tactics, aside from actually getting the stuff done, to keep the inbox note from sprawling to infinity:
  **Move tasks to project-specific notes**. I have a note for "GitClear Programming Tasks" and a note for "Amplenote Programming Tasks." I don't open those notes as often, so moving a task to those means it might take longer to get done, but that's usually OK. I tend to complete 5-ish tasks from those "Programming Tasks" notes per week. The [task command](https://www.amplenote.com/help/task_commands_menu)  !move 
  **Snooze it**. !hide (aliased as !snooze) lets me hide tasks for some days, until I might plausibly have more time to think about or act on it. Usually I snooze tasks for 10, 20 or 30 days. 
  🔪. The shortcut key for dismissing tasks is a close friend of mine. If the idea is truly important, it usually comes to mind repeatedly, so dismissing a task doesn't exclude the possibility it still might get done later.
  
  ## Pick the best few, get to work
  Reviewing my email inbox, Inbox Note, Slack, Daily Jots and calendar usually takes around 20 minutes. With all that context loaded into memory, it's usually clear where to begin. But if I'm feeling saucy, sometimes I take planning a step further and make an explicit sketch of how my day should go. I use the [Peek Viewer](https://www.amplenote.com/help/peek_viewer_sidebar_note_view)  for this "day sketch":
  
  
  Sometimes it is useful to split the day's aspirations into 3 categories
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  Gather tasks by browsing email inbox and Inbox Note
  After confirming that the calendar doesn't call for anything urgent, the next step is to check my email inboxes and my "Inbox Note," which is a note I check daily that contains all of the tasks that either 1) I haven't yet filed into other notes or 2) are small enough (1 hour or less) to imagine I could get them done on any given day 3) are important enough that I want to see them daily. My inbox note is a mishmash of unfiled tasks at the top, followed by up to 50 tasks that I haven't hidden or moved to another note Since the Inbox Note is first stop for most random ideas that I have (often generated via discussions with coworkers), it is a daily battle to keep it <= 50 tasks. My top 3 tactics, aside from actually getting the stuff done, to keep the inbox note from sprawling to infinity:
  Move tasks to project-specific notes
  . I have a note for "GitClear Programming Tasks" and a note for "Amplenote Programming Tasks." I don't open those notes as often, so moving a task to those means it might take longer to get done, but that's usually OK. I tend to complete 5-ish tasks from those "Programming Tasks" notes per week. The [task command](https://www.amplenote.com)`
    !move
  Snooze it
  . !hide (aliased as !snooze) lets me hide tasks for some days, until I might plausibly have more time to think about or act on it. Usually I snooze tasks for 10, 20 or 30 days.
  🔪. The shortcut key for dismissing tasks is a close friend of mine. If the idea is truly important, it usually comes to mind repeatedly, so dismissing a task doesn't exclude the possibility it still might get done later. 
  Pick the best few, get to work
  Reviewing my email inbox, Inbox Note, Slack, Daily Jots and calendar usually takes around 20 minutes. With all that context loaded into memory, it's usually clear where to begin. But if I'm feeling saucy, sometimes I take planning a step further and make an explicit sketch of how my day should go. I use the [Peek Viewer](https://www.amplenote.com)`
    for this "day sketch": Sometimes it is useful to split the day's aspirations into 3 categories
noteTitle: How the CEO of Amplenote chooses what to work on every day