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A suggestion from someone who uses a similar system: get rid of yellow flags, and simply move those emails to whatever archive folder the "completed" emails wou
by pferde 11y ago
A suggestion from someone who uses a similar system: get rid of yellow flags, and simply move those emails to whatever archive folder the "completed" emails would go to. A task where you're waiting for input from someone else is a task for that someone else, not for you. As such, it has no place in your inbox.
All in all, using inbox as a TODO list has been a great arrangement for me - both at work and privately.
- blfr 11y agoThis only seems to work when you interact exclusively with very reliable people. What if they never get back to you with their input?
- pferde 11y agoIn that case, if it's something they need, you can forget about it. If, on the other hand, it's something you need, then you need to treat the e-mail as a reminder that you need to follow up - essentially, another item in your TODO - so it needs to stay in your inbox. Well, I wrote "you need to", but I'm describing what works for me. :) YMMV, obviously.