Your computer or phone buzzes with another burst of emails. “You’ve got mail,” is no longer a welcome notification. Mary Squillace offers 10 ways to manage your email inbox, according to those who get 100 or more emails per day:
- Only keep emails requiring immediate action in your inbox
- Create a “waiting folder” for action-pending emails
- Make subfolders or labels your new BFF
- Set inbox rules or filters
- Use your calendar to track emails that require follow-up
- Don’t let junk mail languish in your inbox
- Create templates for your go-to responses
- Set aside time blocks for checking email and stick to them
- Turn off email notifications
- Squeeze in mindless email tasks during downtime
Source: The Muse, April 22, 2019. Link.
. . . having a system in place can help you conquer even the most unruly inbox.