Trish over at Hey Lady! has a mini-challenge/information post about keeping our email organized and under control. It is so easy for email to get out of hand; I have seen people at my work who have hundres of emails in their inboxes. How do they do it?! Here are some of Trish's tips and my response:
- Keep your inbox clean--I am a neat freak so this is my natural inclination
- Unsubscribe--I get all this email from stores and groups that I just don't care about and so, for 2011, I am working on unsubscribing as they come to me. It's quite liberating actually
- Filters--I am not so hot on these since I want everything to go to one place, my inbox
- Don't use your inbox for to-do items. Of course not! I am list maker and have a good system going already
- Facebook--Trish suggests turning off Facebook alerts, but I don't log into Facebook anymore so the alerts are the only way I know if I get a direct message
- Keep messages in inbox until I respond--I am all over this method
- Don't respond to email all day--This is a tough one. Will someone pay me to have my job be answering my email? :-)
Thanks Trish! I hope everyone can take a little bit away from Trish's email organization ideas.
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