Simple Tips for Organizing Your Inbox

How many e-mails are in your inbox right now?  If your answer is more than 25, you may be feeling a bit overwhelmed.  If you answered 1000 or more, you are not alone.  This is something I frequently hear.

I try to keep my inbox fairly empty so I don’t feel overwhelmed and exhausted every time I open it.

Here are some simple tips to help you do the same.

  1. Make a decision.  Delayed decisions = clutter.
  2. Delete the trash or spam immediately.  Do this while waiting in line, while on hold on the phone or any time you have a few minutes of downtime.
  3. Unsubscribe if you are no longer interested.  It only takes a few extra seconds.  Plan to unsubscribe to 5 lists a month.
  4. Respond or act on e-mails when you read them and then delete the e-mail or file it elsewhere.
  5. Move read e-mails to folders if they need to be saved instead of saving them in your inbox.

How many e-mails do you have?  Can you delete 20 e-mails right now?  Yes you can, it’s possible!

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