1. Clean Out Your Inbox Daily
The best way to avoid email overwhelm is to clean out your inbox daily. The only emails that should be in your inbox are those emails that are pending action.
2. Delete, delete, delete
When you receive junk mail, advertisements or duplicate information… delete them. If you have emails that have nothing to do with you, are trash or not worth your time…delete them.
3. Take Action
When you receive an email that will take 2 minutes or less to deal with, than take the necessary action immediately. Then delete or file the email.
4. File It
If you need the email for reference in the future and this information is not available anywhere else, than file it in an email folder. Be sure that the folders you set up are easy to understand so you can find the email later when you need it.
5. Clear Out Email Backlog
If you have 3,000 emails in your inbox, then start taking the steps to clear out the backlog. Start with the most recent emails first and work your way back. Each day spend 15 minutes working on this project until it is completed.
6. Create a Junk Email
Use this email address to order things online or sign into random websites. Once this email address starts to get overloaded with spam, you can shut it down and create another junk email address. This will help contain the junk email so it won’t take over your real email.
About Melissa:
Melissa Stacey started Feeling Organized because she truly loves organizing and planning. She says, “I also love working with people to find creative solutions to their organizing problems. I named my company Feeling Organized because the key to organization is how YOU feel. When you feel organized, you have less stress, are more productive and have more time to do the things that you love.”
Contact Melissa:
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