Everyone gets bombarded with email. How in the world do you keep up?
Unless you are on your computer (or other device) 24/7 you will eventually get behind.
So how can we keep our emails and constant electronic communication from taking over our lives?
It's addicting. We think that we can't live without being "connected". But not so long ago - people survived without email, texts, twitter and everything else.
If you are in business it's almost required to be connected these days. But at what costs?
What if you are not in a business where your job requires that you stay connected 24/7. Most people today are still obsessed with their electronic devices.
By being able to organize your email so that you can quickly decipher what is important and what isn't - junk mail that's not spam - you can save yourself a little bit of time.
Get into the habit of putting something into your "subject" line of the emails that you send so that the other person knows what the email is about. Hopefully you will be able to tell from other people's email subject line if it is something that needs to be dealt with immediately, if it's something that can be deleted, if it's something that can be dealt with at a later time or maybe it's something that can be filed in a "reference" file.
Get into the habit of checking your email at only certain times of the day. Quickly go through and put your emails into categories first.
After you have categorized them into "must read", "can deal with later", "for reference" and "junk - delete now" - then you can deal with each group when you have time.
Each person needs to decide on categories that make sense to them. By dealing with one category at a time you can get through your emails quicker.
By cutting down the amount of times that you check your email you will save yourself a lot of time and you will have more time to devote to more important things - such as your family and friends.
Organizing your email - your inbox - takes some time. But once you are done and get into the habit of putting things where they belong - you will be amazed at how easy it is.
Organizational Consulting Services
Unless you are on your computer (or other device) 24/7 you will eventually get behind.
So how can we keep our emails and constant electronic communication from taking over our lives?
It's addicting. We think that we can't live without being "connected". But not so long ago - people survived without email, texts, twitter and everything else.
If you are in business it's almost required to be connected these days. But at what costs?
What if you are not in a business where your job requires that you stay connected 24/7. Most people today are still obsessed with their electronic devices.
By being able to organize your email so that you can quickly decipher what is important and what isn't - junk mail that's not spam - you can save yourself a little bit of time.
Get into the habit of putting something into your "subject" line of the emails that you send so that the other person knows what the email is about. Hopefully you will be able to tell from other people's email subject line if it is something that needs to be dealt with immediately, if it's something that can be deleted, if it's something that can be dealt with at a later time or maybe it's something that can be filed in a "reference" file.
Get into the habit of checking your email at only certain times of the day. Quickly go through and put your emails into categories first.
After you have categorized them into "must read", "can deal with later", "for reference" and "junk - delete now" - then you can deal with each group when you have time.
Each person needs to decide on categories that make sense to them. By dealing with one category at a time you can get through your emails quicker.
By cutting down the amount of times that you check your email you will save yourself a lot of time and you will have more time to devote to more important things - such as your family and friends.
Organizing your email - your inbox - takes some time. But once you are done and get into the habit of putting things where they belong - you will be amazed at how easy it is.
Organizational Consulting Services
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