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I have a private email for close friends and family (note, I have no FB account). I had layers of obfuscation on this over the years, which I’ve since walked aw
by jvagner 7y ago
I have a private email for close friends and family (note, I have no FB account). I had layers of obfuscation on this over the years, which I’ve since walked away from.
I run a few businesses, and have work email at each. These usually cycle/evolve periodically over time.
And I have a public Gmail account. Few filters, most everything I sign up for goes there. Lots of G logins.
I’m not on a lot of chat apps, but I use Slack for a few things. No telegram, no WhatsApp, nothing else like that.
I was reviewing this recently and I’m pretty happy with it. The funnels for work/business are effective enough to compartmentalize them. On my iPhone and iPad I have a subset of some but not all of those email addresses. On my desktop I use Outlook to consolidate every last email account and Mailplane to cover my most important and active email accounts.
Truth is, few humans email me. It’s all business accounts, SaaS notifications, etc.
Email isn’t really a daily high priority for me. And most of the important emails are expected... the result of a conversation or initiation. When I know an important email is coming, my attention to email elevates a bit. Otherwise, email is only a medium priority for me anymore. I clear them weekly, but probably pay attention to them 3x every two days.
Edit: the big burden of emails is calendar coverage and invites. For that, my iOS devices are most important. I care more about what lands on my calendar (Zoom conferences) than most other things (save, contracts I need to sign or payments I have to take care of). I also tell everyone to call me anytime. I hate juggling calendar invites for a ten minute phone call. That said, I do encourage people not to leave voice mail. This is where things get a little more... intentional/picky.