Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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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.
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.
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
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.
GIDG sounds awesome. I want him to come and run my life. Or at least my classroom.
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]
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.
I can't get to GIDG because my system blocks streaming media! Stupid filters!
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.
OK, fine. I just filed a bunch of email.