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I can't really relate to this -- my relationship with email is pretty different. Lots of my emails represent an ongoing todo item that requires some hours of wo
by bo1024 8y ago
I can't really relate to this -- my relationship with email is pretty different. Lots of my emails represent an ongoing todo item that requires some hours of work, or just some time to reflect, so I can't deal with it immediately.
I could turn each one into a TODO item tracked somewhere else and archive the email, then later search for the email and reply or take action. But it makes more sense to me to categorize the emails and use an organized inbox itself as my todo list.
- wyclif 8y agoThis is the system I use. I've tried lots of different methods but this is what works for me. The best thing about it is that it's not based on heavy process (Note: YMMV because this was written before the recent Gmail redesign). https://xph.us/2013/01/22/inbox-zero-for-life.html https://xph.us/2013/01/22/inbox-zero-for-life.html
- bo1024 8y agoI like the ideas behind the post. My approach is similar except I do triage into a few different tags. A nice effect is that filters on incoming mail can do a lot of this for you, like almost all automated emails can be tagged as such and checked over as convenient. (I'm not using gmail for this but I think you can do all this in gmail.)