# Using the Eisenhower Matrix to Manage Overwhelm

DevFeed: [Using the Eisenhower Matrix to Manage Overwhelm](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/imperfect-12-overcoming-overwhelm-39450.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://imperfect.substack.com/p/imperfect-12-overcoming-overwhelm>)

Author: Pedro Gil Carvalho

Published: 2023-06-23T06:46:57Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Pedro Gil Carvalho](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/pedro-gil-carvalho.md>)

Topics: [Matrix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/matrix-org.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [scheduling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scheduling.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meetings.md>)

Tags: [delegation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/delegation.md>), [matrix](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/matrix.md>), [meetings](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meetings.md>), [scheduling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scheduling.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>)

## AI overview

The author describes using management systems to handle recurring problems and reduce decision-making overhead. When competing priorities become overwhelming, they use the Eisenhower Matrix to classify tasks by urgency and importance, identify delegation opportunities, and review priorities on a Miro board.

## Source excerpt

How the Eisenhower Matrix saves my day