May Makeover Day 3 – My Inbox Has 2,450 Unread Emails
Posted by: admin | Filed Under Personal Development| 2010 |
| May 5 |
Yep, you read that right. They just keep piling on, creating information overload.
My email “in box” has been neglected for months and the mess on my email account was as bad as the mess in my office on April 30th. If you didn’t see the mess in my office, you can see it here.
Since part of my mission for the “May Makeover” Project was to get organized, I declared today my official Email Makeover day.
Step #1 – I “uninstalled” all the sites that I don’t visit or don’t need anymore. When I first got started building my home business, I joined anything and everything looking for the right company, the right leaders, the right program and signed up for everything that could move me forward.
TIP - Don’t do that. It only created more confusion, overload and more work to clean up afterwards.
Step #2 – I made folders for each category. I labeled some of them as Family, Business, Webinars, Training, etc to help me find each important email much easier for me later.
Step #3 – I made a folder called “Reply to Now” and I dragged all the emails that needed my attention into that folder. (This will help me in my daily planning)
Step #4 – All the sites I opted into to email me with comments, I changed back to “do not email me.” For the purpose of organization plans, I can go into the site periodically to check for updates without having my “inbox” loaded with notifications.
Step #5 – I felt less cluttered and took a deep breath. Now, I was ready to tackle my next plan. Stay organized!
Stay tuned for Day 4 of my “May Makeover” Project.
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2 Responses to “May Makeover Day 3 – My Inbox Has 2,450 Unread Emails”
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I followed your lead and did the same thing.
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Hi Morris,
Glad you were able to take this advice and use it to clean out your inbox. Thanks for the comment.
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