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> After a few weeks doing this stuff I didn’t just get there, I’ve stayed at inbox zero virtually the entire time Would be interested to see how he's going 4+
by nopassrecover 9y ago
> After a few weeks doing this stuff I didn’t just get there, I’ve stayed at inbox zero virtually the entire time
Would be interested to see how he's going 4+ years later.
At least for personal mailboxes I've found 'inbox zero' a thankless task and have settled for "inbox as a feed" in which I trust that anything important will catch my attention (e.g. via Priority Inbox or multiple emails) and everything else will fade away. For what it's worth, this means I currently have 12k+ emails that I'll never open.
- dynamic 9y agoLast I heard, he had switched from Gmail to Inbox.
- tqkxzugoaupvwqr 9y agoWhy don't you delete mails or unsubscribe from them? If you get so many mails that you may need multiple reminder mails to get your attention, your system sucks. If not for you, them for the people trying to communicate with you.
- nopassrecover 9y agoThis is just for personal mailboxes, where signal to noise ratio is very low. Priority Inbox highlights anything that actually comes from a human. Multiple emails are more effective (for me) for automated and marketing emails, e.g. "right, I should remember to buy some more shirts from that company that keeps sending me offers", or "that domain is expiring soon, I noted that it was 30 days out last email but now it's getting closer". Given the importance/actionability of these kinds of emails roughly approximates status updates on Facebook's News Feed, my approach has been similar (browse, trust that my eye will catch anything important, don't waste effort trying to read through every single piece of information). You're right that I could make an effort to read through each email I receive immediately and decide whether its actionable, but this approach works well for me with very little effort.