So those items go back in the box and you shuffle them for a few more weeks, along with the new material that arrives. Let's say you sit down at your desk to look at today's mail, which you put in the center of your desk. Another interruption follows. Before you know it, your desk is covered with papers you have looked at, and papers you haven't. Now you've got to sort through them all over again, which simply wastes time.
Many people try that and fail, so they give up.
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