_Email Bankruptcy
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.