Time Management For Creative People

So you start the day full of enthusiasm. You're excited about a new piece of creative work and itching to put your ideas into action. Firing up your computer, the familiar stream of e-mails pours into your inbox, burying the ones you didn't get round to replying to yesterday. Scanning through the list, your heart sinks - two of them look as though they require urgent action. You hit 'reply' and start typing a response to one of them... 20 minutes later you 'come round' and realise you've got sucked into the e-mail zone and have been sidetracked by interesting links sent by friends, as well as writing replies about issues that aren't a priority for you. You minimize the email window and get back to your project...