Handle It Once

Daybook February 20

Using a simple single-touch method like TRAF reduces decision fatigue and keeps daily work manageable.

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Paper and emails arrive faster than we can respond.

What overwhelms us is not volume alone, but repeated decision-making.

Handling each item once—trash, refer, act, or file—keeps work from circling back.

It is not about perfection, but about momentum.

• The TRAF method works well:T for trash bucket, R for refer it on to the appropriate person, A for act on it, and F for file it away for future or paper files.

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One Line for Nurses and Learners:
Decide once, and let the work move forward.

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