The past few years I have not been able to control my inbox at work.  Emails that I “might” need, ones I did not read yet, CYA and spam where littered throughout my inbox.  I tried folders, rules, etc..but the amount of emails coming in on a daily basis was too much.

About 2 years ago I started this thing called email bankruptcy.  I think I read about it or heard it somewhere but basically you delete everything in your inbox and don’t look back.

Well every summer I have been doing it, but it does not last long.  Emails fly in and you get behind real quick.  Well this year is different.  I have implemented the “unsubscribe” (read more) and deleting every email I read or reply within 5 minutes of reading it.  I used to have about 5,000 emails in my inbox and half of them where not read.  Now I currently have 5.

As far as the bankruptcy goes, I would delete them and if someone followed up on something I was supposed to do, well, I just asked them if they could resend it.

Very liberating knowing you have only a couple of emails to deal with.