Thanks Patrick. I've been trying to use what sounds like a similar approach for a while now and I find it works great... I'm getting more done and feeling more productive. I have a list of my top priorities and work against a stopwatch in 1 hour batches, switching every hour no matter what, going over the top 3 tasks. So, I'm making progress on them all and because of the stopwatch I find I have more of a sense of urgency... I dick about less and am not as easily distracted by email etc (I turn them off). Is working for now anyway.