Escape From Email Hell – Chapter 10 [Tech Rest]
Well, Ed had been in his new job for about 2 months. He was doing well but found he wanted to create more blocks of time where he could work on important projects without interruption.
He was listening to the in-flight radio on a long flight to Seattle when he heard a familiar voice.
Hello Angel he thought.
Ed, since you’ve got some time on this flight, I thought I could tell you how you can get more uninterrupted time to work on your projects.
What you need to do is decide when you are going to check your email and only check it then. I suggest that you check those messages from your key contacts (the ones that show up in your Inbox) once an hour. Check your Work folder at 10 and 2. And check your Home folder once at night. For those in your Unknown folder, I suggest you check them once a day.
You will need to set up some auto-responders to send to everyone but your key contacts. For each one, just let them know when you plan to check your email. For instance, for Work you might say, "I check my email each day at 10 and 2 and will respond to your email at that time".
Since you have a little time, why don’t you go ahead and set up those auto-responders now.
So Ed got his laptop out and set up the auto-responders.
When he first started checking his email only once an hour, it was hard. He didn’t realize how often he was checking his email. But after a while he settled into his new habit. Pretty soon, he was enjoying regular hour-long blocks of time where he could concentrate on his emails. Life was getting better and better for Ed.
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Original post here: Craig Huggart
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