For the last 2 months I’ve been rocking an empty inbox. Between all of my email accounts I probably receive 400 – 700 emails a day. Keep in mind that I don’t need to read them immediately and I do not need to act on all of them.
The most important inbox I’ve applied InboxZero to is my work email address. I get a ton of mail to that address day in and day out. By shutting down the on-screen popup indicator of new mail and only checking mail every 20 – 30 minutes–and then cleaning my inbox out to zero when I do see it is life changing.
No long am I a slave to my inbox or using it as a to-do list. I power through my inbox every time I see it. Check out inboxzero.com for more info on the strategy.
I have also turned another corner and I’ve limited the notifications coming from my cell phones. I only let it vibrate if it is actually ringing. Text messages and emails produce no notification at all. When I have a free moment I’ll check my blackberry rather than it interrupting my thought process when I’m in the middle of something.
Give InboxZero and disabling blackberry notifications a shot. You can still be connected 24 hours a day–now you just get more done because you’re not constantly interrupted.
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