Take me off your list...
It's not that I don't love to read newsletters. I actually love to read junk mail. It's not that I don't enjoy hearing what people are up to and what they are doing with their business. I love to be in the know.
It's that I am getting WAY TOO MANY EMAILS. It has to stop. After a wonderful 10 day vacation in the glorious sunshine of Arizona and California I realized that I need to cut back and declutter my inbox. I wasn't checking email daily, but I was checking it every few days and after opening my inbox each time to 300+ emails I quickly came to the conclusion that enough is enough.
Time to start saying NO. Instead of quickly hitting delete, I am going down to unsubscribe.
How do I decide what has to go? If it's an advertisement or non-industry related newsletter. It's got to go. If I see more than one email a week, it's got to go. Really people, do you need to send an email daily?
The other thing I did was changed my settings on some of the group chat's that I belong to (you know who you are). It's just enough to drive a person made with the amount of DIGEST emails we get from various groups.
It's been a lot of work, but really, in the end I know I will be much happier. Less time wasted hitting delete and more time reading the things I truly enjoy!
Posted by Megan Spears at 4/1/2010 9:14 AM 
Categories: Productivity, My Experiences, Tips, YES TO LESS, Business and Office
Tags: organizing declutter email time management
Categories: Productivity, My Experiences, Tips, YES TO LESS, Business and Office
Tags: organizing declutter email time management
I couldn't agree more, Megan! Good for you.
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Now if it could only be that easy with junk mail - we would really be in business!
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Good for you Megan, I hope I stay on your list and you can and do pick up some good tips for you and your clients.
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