Revisit

Do one thing, do it well, do it with the most attention, the most focus you can, then reward yourself and move onto the next thing.

To return to information overload: this means treating your "to read" pile like a river (a stream that flows past you, and from which you pluck a few choice items, here and there) instead of a bucket (which demands that you empty it). After all, you presumably don't feel overwhelmed by all the unread books in the British Library – and not because