As someone who makes their living off the Internet, I get a lot of email every day and some days it’s very difficult to keep up. While I’ve never gotten to the point of declaring email bankruptcy, there are times when I’ve forgotten about emails because they’ve fallen off the page in Gmail. Lately, I’ve been trying to be better about it and part of that involves learning from others. Email management is a popular topic online and fortunately there are plenty of resources.
One such strategy that I am liking alot is one created by Jason Clarke called Inbox 0.5. It was inspired by Merlin Mann’s Inbox Zero and the idea is actually quite simple – knock out half the unread/TBD emails in your inbox each day. You don’t have to deal with all of them, just half. If you have 700 emails, get it down to 350 before the day ends. While you will still receive email throughout the day, the goal is to get to 350. When you return the next day, that number may have crept up to 400 overnight. Get it to 200 before you leave. Repeat…
This is an effective strategy because you don’t end up feeling like …
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