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Sep
Email improvement
Too many e-mails in inbox
I implemented a process of new work management:\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\n1) new rule: no email lives in my inbox more than 48 hours\\\\r\\\\n2) new process: email does not require immediate attention. Schedule time to respond by sorting all incoming emails into groups…task: urgent; task: low.
Less time managing emails; improved responsiveness.
How is this going?
November 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pmWell, I had fallen off the wagon over the last several weeks allowing my inbox to return to its historical storage of old email role.
Jist this week, however, I cleansed my inbox - which felt really empowering. I moved those items that i need to take action in to an @Actions folder. Now, I need to work through that folder sorting active messages and eliminating old, obsolete ones.
Slow steps toward ‘getting things done’
November 14th, 2008 at 1:54 pmI found this organizational tip on the internet somewhere years ago, used it with success.
July 20th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI’ve set up the following folders in my email client: action, archive, hold, respond, waiting. A couple of time a day I manage my email, moving items from my inbox to these folders. I usually have an empty inbox.