I love seeing how (and how much) people add structure to the limitless to-do lists.

My own strategy is to really work the Someday/Maybe folder. Usually, anything that is not a top priority this week goes in there even if there’s an action I could take right now. (Basically adding priority to the criteria defining “actionable”.)

I only pull out a week’s worth of work at a time. E.g., even if the whole project is “move to Madrid”, this week’s list gets only “register for Spanish lessons”.

If I’m still overwhelmed, I focus down to a couple of days. If I can keep enough perspective on a bigger time slot, I expand.