While I eventually sort all my email into broad categories, the most helpful is my "To Read" folder. Upon receipt, I immediately transfer all my emails that are just to be read - like newsletters and ads - to that folder and only keep the important, "business" emails in my inbox. It really helps with the swirling items in my brain to put those items in a spot until I have the time to read them. An additional assist is to read them on Apple Mail where I can arrange them according to sender as opposed to GMail where the email is arranged in date order. Spoiler alert - sometimes I just delete swaths of them without reading! :D
Ohhhhhhhh, this is so helpful. Calling them "To read" without ascribing an action to reading them! All the newsletters I subscribe to are labeled "Newsletters" when they arrive, but since they live in my inbox snuggled next to emails that require action or active thought, everything gets jumbled! And deceives me into thinking I have "a lot to do" when, really, there are probably six important emails and 60 fun things to read. Going to keep thinking about this one...thank you!!
While I eventually sort all my email into broad categories, the most helpful is my "To Read" folder. Upon receipt, I immediately transfer all my emails that are just to be read - like newsletters and ads - to that folder and only keep the important, "business" emails in my inbox. It really helps with the swirling items in my brain to put those items in a spot until I have the time to read them. An additional assist is to read them on Apple Mail where I can arrange them according to sender as opposed to GMail where the email is arranged in date order. Spoiler alert - sometimes I just delete swaths of them without reading! :D
Ohhhhhhhh, this is so helpful. Calling them "To read" without ascribing an action to reading them! All the newsletters I subscribe to are labeled "Newsletters" when they arrive, but since they live in my inbox snuggled next to emails that require action or active thought, everything gets jumbled! And deceives me into thinking I have "a lot to do" when, really, there are probably six important emails and 60 fun things to read. Going to keep thinking about this one...thank you!!