Quick Notes: Blitz Your Email

This week I got trigger happy and deleted quite a few. You know what? It felt good. Maybe it's a little like losing weight. You have to reach a point of frustration with the status quo in order to make things better. I'm so there as far as cleaning up my email goes.

I'm ahead of most people, I hear, because I've zeroed my email account several times recently. The only trouble, it doesn't stay zeroed. All it takes for me to get seriously behind is the lapse of just one or two days. That's nuts. Also, although I do zero my inbox, that doesn't mean I'm on top of all the emails stuffed into my folders. Not at all.  And those folders represent my functionality.

That's going to change. I'll do an all-out blitz until I've established order in my email account. I'll rack my own brain, borrow from others and teach myself the technology I'll need to get it done.

I know I'm not alone in my frustration with email. If you are with me, start by getting riled. Put on some upbeat music. Don't worry about your folders yet. Just delete every single unnecessary email you find in your inbox. Show no mercy. It's cathartic, really.

See you next Monday.

© 2010 Janalyn Voigt

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