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by Peter Saint-Andre

2006-03-14

For the last day and a half I've been reading through email. I was getting dangerously close to 1000 messages in my inbox again and feeling overloaded. Now my inbox is utterly empty -- that's right, zero messages. Following various suggestions about personal productivity found on the Net, my new regimen is this:

• Dispatch all inbox emails immediately by deleting, replying (if brief), creating calendar events, or adding an item to my todo list.
• If an email generates a calendar event or a todo list item, move it to a dedicated email folder for the relevant project (don't leave it in the inbox!).

Next step: prioritizing my todo list items and getting to work. :-)

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