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FOUR WAYS TO MINIMIZE MENTAL CLUTTER

FOUR WAYS TO MINIMIZE MENTAL CLUTTER

METHOD #3: KEEP ON TOP OF YOUR EMAIL

A clean email inbox reduces mental clutter @ refinedroomsllc.com

 

Although I’m not an Inbox Zero purist, I do strive to keep a minimal number of emails in my email Inbox. Having a zillion messages smack me in the face when I open my email really freaks me out. It can get especially crazy with all of the holiday advertising that retailers bombard us with this time of year. As a result, I’m hyper-vigilant about managing email on a regular (read Daily) basis. A tool that I’ve found to be incredibly useful for managing email is Unroll.me. This free service organizes your emails to create a single daily summary email. It also enables you to easily unsubscribe from emails that you no longer wish to receive. Pure awesomeness!

If you worked through the Summer Shred Paper Declutter Challenge, you’re now familiar with the distinction between action and reference papers. I make the same distinction with email messages. Only the “action emails” remain in my Inbox. The reference emails that I decide to keep are either filed within an appropriate email folder, or are sent to Evernote for storage (you can learn more about email organization here).

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  1. Seana Turner says

    December 9, 2015 at 11:46 am

    For me, it is all about scheduling whatever comes to mind that I need to do. If it is in the schedule, then I know I will do it. And if I can’t complete my list, I just re-schedule everything until it gets done. This gives me a feeling of control and calms the anxiety. (visiting from POBC)

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    • Natalie Gallagher says

      December 10, 2015 at 11:23 am

      I hear you Seana! Lists are awesome for getting things out of your head and capturing the “to do’s”, but the scheduling the To Do’s in the calendar is the only way it gets done!

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  2. Janet Barclay says

    December 7, 2015 at 4:11 pm

    Wow, great post! I’m going to have to look into Nozbe – it sounds like it might be able to replace a couple of apps I’m using now.

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    • Natalie Gallagher says

      December 7, 2015 at 7:50 pm

      Janet, you’ll love it. It’s based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done methodology 🙂

      Reply

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