I have to write a self assessment.
"Dear Boss: I slounge, I smoke, I yoga. I cook. I'm gonna be a porn-writer when the livejournal rolls back. There's slash in the internet since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a yoga mat."
Handsome brooding vampire guy has to swoop in all sensitive mouth and overhanging forehead. How 'bout leaving some scraps for the homely-looking fellows who don't turn evil when they get some?
Doyle ,'Life of the Party'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 18, 2010 9:36:56 am PDT #17147 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - Mar 18, 2010 9:49:07 am PDT #17148 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Inboxes with 87486329 unread messages terrify me.
See also those people with phone mail box lights that are never not lit. Ever.
ION, it is GORGEOUS in Boston today. Must be close to 65, and it feels warmer in the sun. Supposed to last at least until Sat night/Sun morning, though the tempratures will slowly creep back down towards normal.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2010 9:57:08 am PDT #17149 of 30001
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
I'm currently about 4500 messages behind in filing my Inbox. But only 35 of them are unread.
The conversation here got me motivated enough to file up to June 2008, but the rest is going to have to wait until I'm significantly more industrious.
megan walker - Mar 18, 2010 10:03:11 am PDT #17150 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm currently about 4500 messages behind in filing my Inbox. But only 35 of them are unread.
The conversation here got me motivated enough to file up to June 2008, but the rest is going to have to wait until I'm significantly more industrious.
GIDG would have you create a backlog folder and immediately put your entire Inbox in it. Then keep current with your new empty inbox, and set a benchmark number for going through the backlog folder every day/week/month until it's empty.
t /GIDG likes carrots
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 18, 2010 10:09:14 am PDT #17151 of 30001
You have to remember that being a 5-time Olympic medalist means Hilary Knight has been playing hockey at an elite level at least 16 years. It's impossible for her to be a teenage girl less than 16 years old, thus the President's complete lack of interest.
GIDG may like carrots, but Matt likes having recent e-mails with pending issues that he has to constantly refer back to all located in one handy place rather than spread across dozens of nested project folders.
Kat - Mar 18, 2010 10:10:35 am PDT #17152 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
GIDG sounds awesome. I want him to come and run my life. Or at least my classroom.
megan walker - Mar 18, 2010 10:17:13 am PDT #17153 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
GIDG may like carrots, but Matt likes having recent e-mails with pending issues that he has to constantly refer back to all located in one handy place rather than spread across dozens of nested project folders.
Hence why I basically clean mine out but still keep pending things there. It serves as a complement to my weekly action items list.
I don't implement everything he recommends by far, but his advice has really helped me come up with my own basic system.
Get-It-Done Guy's Quick and Dirty Tips to Work Less and Do More: [link]
Liese S. - Mar 18, 2010 10:18:57 am PDT #17154 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I not only keep email for ridiculous amounts of time, but I also import them from one computer to the next, one file format to the next.
But recently I upgraded to the most recent Thunderbird and have yet to figure out where it's stashed everything. So maybe I'll break myself of the habit.
Connie Neil - Mar 18, 2010 10:22:36 am PDT #17155 of 30001
brillig
I can't get to GIDG because my system blocks streaming media! Stupid filters!
SuziQ - Mar 18, 2010 10:22:37 am PDT #17156 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My goal, for my work e-mail, is to keep the inbox under 50 messages with as few as possible unread. I use the flags and color coding a bunch for outstanding issues. I'm horrible about clearing out my sent mail.
We have limits on how much we can store, but if we move messages to personal files, then we can keep a ton.
Working with gmail for my personal e-mail has been such a different experience. No folders is confusing, but I like being able to star messages and I like having conversations kept together.