Continuing with my quest to become a productivity junkie, I took a look at my inboxes - both at home and at work. My personal copy of Outlook had almost 4000 messages in it. All the way back to 2005. It would be even more voluminous, except that was around the time my hard drive crashed and I lost all of my previous messages.
The material I'm listening to had me sort them all by determining if they are actionable, to be filed as reference if they contain anything important, or trash. Most of them weren't of any value at all and ended up being deleted. I saved only the last pieces of conversations to make sure I had valid email addresses for everyone, and put digital receipts in an appropriate folder. The only thing left in my inbox are 3 messages that require actions to follow up on, and then they'll be filed.
I'm really enjoying this, and I'm getting a lot done. I've been going down my lists on the index cards and checking off tasks, and the feeling of accomplishment is hard to beat.
I like it.
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