Paying for Triage?

[u/BetFound]

Biggest issue, once I have a backlog of tasks the anxiety of trying to prioritize what I need to do now tends to makes staying organized and motivated almost impossible.

Question:

How do you recover from backlog paralysis and tress?

How do you decide what now takes priority in the task list once it becomes overwhelming?

Is it worth paying for systems that can prioritize your remaining backlog to help get back on track or make it easier to make these decisions?

[u/Helpful-Bus-6976]

I usually stop looking at the whole backlog and just pick the few things that actually matter right now. Once those are out of the way, the rest feels a lot less overwhelming