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> I haven't yet found any great way besides email-as-todo list to manage this. Which is fine. Put them in a To-Do folder. The original formulation of Inbox Zer
by chrisoverzero 3y ago
> I haven't yet found any great way besides email-as-todo list to manage this.
Which is fine. Put them in a To-Do folder. The original formulation of Inbox Zero suggested three actions:
1. Take care of the e-mail right now. Then archive it.
2. If you can take an action, but not right now, move it to “Follow Up”.
3. If you need someone else to take an action, move it to “Hold”.
It’s _Inbox_ Zero, not e-mail zero. Get the inbox – the place for unprocessed things – empty. Get it empty by processing the things. Then go do something other than e-mail.
- PaulStatezny 3y agoThis reads a bit like a microcosm of David Allen's "Getting Things Done" system. Unprocessed emails = "Collection Bucket" Follow Up folder = "Projects" list Hold folder = "Waiting For" list Except with GTD you do this with not just emails but also text messages, DM's, snail mail, personal lists you've jotted down, etc. It's a life organization system.