[ac2u]

It's very easy for any of us to get caught up in all the things we think we have to do without sometimes taking a breath and figuring out if we actually need to do it.

I would take a zero based budgeting approach first of all, list all the things. Then go through the list and I'm sure there's a decent percentage you were just doing out of habit and can immediately drop and forget about.

Then do another pass and figure out if there are things you are doing on a semi regular basis that aren't time sensitive but still 100% need to be done, chances are you can batch it and put it as a recurring slot in your calendar. Over time you might spot patterns where automation can help.

Then take the rest and if you're unsure if it's essential or not, you can chose to either ask someone (your boss) if it's important to them, or drop it on a trial basis to see if anyone screams.

You'll hopefully be left with a much smaller list and then you can start to think about the tooling and processes other folks are suggesting here.