Trying to get my email inbox in control. A few weeks ago, I bookmarked this article. And it had some good ideas.
However, I still couldn't do the very first thing: declare email bankruptcy. I know, I know--there's no way I'll get through all those thousands of click-baity articles that intrigue me. But damnit, I'm nothing if not stubborn!
So, on Friday, I started with one of the later steps: take away those darned Gmail labels. That shot up my unread count into the thousands.
It may sound odd, or counter intuitive, but it honestly has helped. I'm in the process of going through my Inbox, and sorting everything. Trashing the crap I don't like, moving the stuff that interests me into a newly made "To Read Later" folder, archiving others, and moving any things that need to be kept track of to "To Keep an Eye On". And! To make sure that they stay towards the top of my list of too many labels, they have asterisks near the front.
So, drumroll please for the current count....
Inbox has 994 emails in it, 850 of which are unread. Ta-da!
Right now, the newest thing in my inbox is from July 7th. So I'm here to tell you--yes! It can be done! With enough willpower, I think I can get through the rest of this crap by the end of the week. Huzzah!
However, I still couldn't do the very first thing: declare email bankruptcy. I know, I know--there's no way I'll get through all those thousands of click-baity articles that intrigue me. But damnit, I'm nothing if not stubborn!
So, on Friday, I started with one of the later steps: take away those darned Gmail labels. That shot up my unread count into the thousands.
It may sound odd, or counter intuitive, but it honestly has helped. I'm in the process of going through my Inbox, and sorting everything. Trashing the crap I don't like, moving the stuff that interests me into a newly made "To Read Later" folder, archiving others, and moving any things that need to be kept track of to "To Keep an Eye On". And! To make sure that they stay towards the top of my list of too many labels, they have asterisks near the front.
So, drumroll please for the current count....
Inbox has 994 emails in it, 850 of which are unread. Ta-da!
Right now, the newest thing in my inbox is from July 7th. So I'm here to tell you--yes! It can be done! With enough willpower, I think I can get through the rest of this crap by the end of the week. Huzzah!