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Ask HN: how do you quit checking emails the first thing in the morning?
I used to turn on the laptop to check emails the first thing when I woke up. Now it's getting worse due to the easy reach of smartphones and tablets.
Anyone has similar experience here?
- jstanley 14y agoI check emails first thing in the morning to get them out of the way. Only when my inbox is cleared do I start actual work. I don't see any problem with working like that?
- jayrobin 14y agoI agree. The real problem is when you find yourself interrupting other, more important tasks, just to check your emails. Clearing my inbox first thing then at set times throughout the day (e.g. in between Pomodoros, if you're into that) has been working well for me.
- richeyrw 14y agoI use a filter to send most of my email into a "Batch" folder which I check maybe once a day, if that. The rest of the email I do check first thing in the morning, and like jstanley I get to inbox zero (on the non-batch stuff) every morning before I start working.
- sixQuarks 14y agohow about just stop doing it?
- chuhnk 14y agoLeave the laptop, smartphone and tablet in the other room when you go to bed. Upon waking create a different habit to adopt. Make coffee, brush your teeth, take a shower. Anything that stops you from checking email.
- alt_f4 14y ago2 factor authentication