Comments on: Your Inbox is NOT a Task List: 5 Tips

By: Brandie, The Home Office Organizer

Brandie, The Home Office Organizer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:18:21 +0000

If you use Gmail, it’s easy to archive. The other option would be to only keep the latest email, and delete the old.
Glad it made you think.

By: V.K.

V.K. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:45:35 +0000

I see a highly recommended tip is to delete the email when you are done with it. I have a lot of problems doing that because I think I would need to go back to it for some reason! And of course on the odd chance that I do delete one, I have to check it back for something or the other like checking it back as a paper trail! On the other hand, I have so much archived I can barely find one when I am looking for it!

By: Megan @ Disorder2Order

Megan @ Disorder2Order — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:57:20 +0000

Great post Brandie and you are so right on... it's like the inbox is the electronic notepad... Megan @ Disorder2Orders last blog post..MPM: Menu Planning Monday - Weeks of 11/17 and 11/24

By: Carissa goodncrazy Rogbark

Carissa goodncrazy Rogbark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:16:13 +0000

THANKS so much email zen is soooo what I need! Carissa goodncrazy Rogbarks last blog post..ThanksGivings Past

By: Brandie Kajino

Brandie Kajino — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:02:12 +0000

I’ve not used Thunderbird, but I know some people who do and love it. I use Gmail for many reasons. It stores everything off my hard drive, has the best spam filter I’ve found to this point and I can access it anywhere (including overseas when we go).
I’ve added a great article above by Leo at ZenHabits. Give it a read. It’s good stuff!

By: Carissa goodncrazy Rogbark

Carissa goodncrazy Rogbark — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:32:24 +0000

Oh my heck! Recently I soooo need help with my emailing strategy? I’m a mess and getting as many as 200 emails per day!

I end up leaving items I need to get to marked ‘unread’..

I’ve heard about Thunderbird, any thoughts?

I’m so ready to read over your other suggested links!

By: Brandie Kajino

Brandie Kajino — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:40:01 +0000

I totally agree! Although, I discovered the beauty of the “Archive” feature in Gmail. Kinda like putting it in a folder. Basically you don’t see it, but you can still put a label on it (and it’s included in search results too!). It’s different, but I’m liking it more

By: allison carter

allison carter — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 01:13:11 +0000

I gotta tell you, I love gmail labels, but love to hide old conversations in folders even more. That way the in-box is just for stuff with loose ends.
After 10 years of emailing, it’s hard to switch philosophy now. The visual anti-organizer lurking inside of me likes to seeeeee all the stuff to do and be reminded by seeeeeing it.