sorting emails: the fuck-it method
Mar. 23rd, 2021 02:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hugseverycatFor a long time I had been sorting work emails into a series of folders based on their topic or sender. And then every few days I would spend like 30 minutes painstakingly sorting them.
Today I was clicking through and wondered why the fuck I was spending brain energy trying to figure out what folder to put this email that I didn't even read and will never look at again
But also I'm allergic to deleting emails, and I use my inbox as a sort of to-do list so I can't just leave them there. So I decided to set up a new folder scheme:
I think it will work pretty well.
(Kudos is a folder I've had for a long time that includes all the nice things people have said about me, for when I feel shitty or need to write a resume or whatever)
Today I was clicking through and wondered why the fuck I was spending brain energy trying to figure out what folder to put this email that I didn't even read and will never look at again
But also I'm allergic to deleting emails, and I use my inbox as a sort of to-do list so I can't just leave them there. So I decided to set up a new folder scheme:
- Useless
- Useful
- Kudos
I think it will work pretty well.
(Kudos is a folder I've had for a long time that includes all the nice things people have said about me, for when I feel shitty or need to write a resume or whatever)
