129. My System for Keeping on Top of Emails

Email can often be a monster that needs to be tamed, but it doesn't have to be! Jesse and I share an interesting conversation in this episode about how to tame it – interesting in that we have very different methods for doing it. With more than fifteen years of having my own business, I have learned some strategies that I think might be helpful for you!

While Jesse tends to procrastinate when it comes to managing his email inbox, my strategy is pretty different because I cannot stand having a bunch of emails (either read or unread) in my inbox, and the little red icons on your phone that tell you how many emails that you need to tend to drive me crazy!

If you're anything like me, then I am hoping that my four strategies will be helpful to you! (1) Unsubscribe mercilessly! (2) Use the delete button and the archive button to avoid clutter! (3) Fanatically set up filters! (4) Don't procrastinate; deal with emails as soon as possible!

If you let your emails build up on the daily, then your inbox is going to quickly become a monster that will be very difficult to tame! Listen in to this episode to hear about how you can help tame that monster and even prevent it from ever getting that wild again! Email, after all, is supposed to be a productive tool, not a stressful monster!

In This Episode:

[0:32] – Today's topic is all about email and how to stay on top of it.

[1:35] – I have probably processed millions of emails over the last fifteen or so years.

[2:10] – Our daughter just started a new job!

[4:57] – I share an email that I received about my book Love-Centered Parenting.

[7:45] – Lean in and love your kids, and be grateful when they want to include you!

[9:03] – I just recently finished reading The Woman with the Blue Star by Pam Jenoff.

[11:59] – Jesse recently finished reading Andrew Huff's novel Right Cross.

[14:53] – Find out what has been saving my life recently.

[17:44] – Jesse talks about his recent trip.

[19:35] – Our daughter recently went on a retreat for school which was coincidentally the same camp where Jesse stayed.

[23:11] – Jesse's strategy of taking care of emails is deleting emails after their time sensitivity has expired.