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# Loose Ends

> Every weekday evening, the replies you owe and the promises you made, the urgent ones on top

**Loose Ends** emails you each weekday evening the open loops you personally owe, with the few that cannot wait
tonight on top. It reads the recent mail that involves you directly and keeps only what is yours: replies you owe,
work you were assigned, and promises you made. Find it under Tactics → Loose Ends.

## When it runs

At the hour you set, on the days you pick, in your timezone. The default is 5:00 PM Eastern, Monday to Friday.
Press Run now to sweep immediately. Your inbox must be connected.

## Settings

| Section | Setting | What it does | Default |
| - | - | - | - |
| **Schedule** | Send at and Timezone | The hour the sweep lands, in your zone | 5:00 PM Eastern |
| | Days | Only the days you pick. Turn one off for a week you're out. | Mon to Fri |
| **Delivery** | Send to | Your login email or your connected inbox address | Login email |
| **Sweep** | Look back | How far back each sweep reads: 7, 14, 21 or 30 days. A reply owed or a promise made older than this is history, not a loose end. | 14 days |
| **Filter** | Leave these out | Kinds of email to skip, in your own words, for example *automated inventory reports, shipping notifications, internal newsletters*. Applies to both the replies you owe and the promises you made. | Empty |

## What you get

One email an evening, in two parts:

* **What cannot wait**: a decision someone is blocked on, a reply an active waiter is owed, a promise due by tomorrow
  or past due. Ranked by what waiting costs, with a link to the source email behind every line.
* **Still open**: everything else that is yours to move.

It drops what is not yours: FYIs, mail you were only copied on, notifications, anything already answered, and
anything whose next move belongs to someone else. Items that were already on a previous evening's list carry an age
marker such as *since Tue*. When nothing qualifies you get one honest line saying so.

Under Activity, each evening appears as Sent your loose ends with a count line such as 2 cannot wait
and 5 still open, or Nothing to send. Open a row to read the email exactly as it was sent.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Follow-Up" icon="clock" href="/home/tactics/follow-up">
    The other direction: threads where someone owes you a reply
  </Card>

  <Card title="Morning Brief" icon="sunrise" href="/home/tactics/morning-brief">
    Start the day the way Loose Ends ends it
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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