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I highly recommend Getting Things Done. It's a whole system, but there are lots of small rules you can extract and use to great effect. For instance: - If an
by lawn 5y ago
I highly recommend Getting Things Done. It's a whole system, but there are lots of small rules you can extract and use to great effect.
For instance:
- If an email takes 2 min to answer, do it.
- If it requires an action from you, but at another time. Move it to a "next action" folder (that you'll work through when you have the time).
- Also "archive" and "references" folders are useful, possibly organized by project.
- "Inbox zero" to reduce stress and keep yourself sane.
- fancyfredbot 5y agoWhen you receive very large volumes of email "inbox zero" can become very stressful! It's a good technique but I think you have to accept falling behind sometimes.
- AdrianB1 5y agoInbox zero is a way of managing it, not a strict target at all times. I keep it on zero even when I am in vacation, it is less stress for me when I return to the office.
- lawn 5y agoAbsolutely. The inbox shouldn't be zero at all times, so you shouldn't hurry to clear an email the instant it arrives. But it's a state to strive towards. Another GTD tip is to have recurring reviews where the goal is to clear your inboxes. They recommend weekly reviews, but you can have them more often or less often if you like. I find this helps a lot as a tool to return to a good, organized, state whenever chaos strikes. (And it works just as well even if I've missed a couple of reviews.)
- imperistan 5y agoI second this