Sort Your Email by Sender Before Cleaning Your Inbox There are a lot of methods to try in the never-ending quest for a way to sort through and slim down our bulging inboxes. But they all have one thing in common: They rely on the chronology of when each email came in. Let’s try turning that approach on its head, and instead, sort by sender to weed through the mess. Read more…

These Email Templates Make Inbox Management so Much Easier An important part of email management, beyond keeping your inbox at a manageable level, is setting yourself up to be able to respond quickly and efficiently. And you can do that by creating some email templates that are always ready to go so you save precious minutes out of your day. Let’s go over how to create… Read more…

LPT: Read incoming texts in notifications and leave them unread in your inbox until you’re ready to action them. You now have a ‘to do’ list This seems so basic and obvious but apparently not every one does this! submitted by /u/atomicheart99

Use the ‘4D’ Method to Keep Up With Your Inbox Managing your inbox is a never-ending task, which is why we should simplify it as much as possible: And one way to do that is to rely on the four Ds, or the 4D method. It’s easy to remember and easy to implement, which makes it helpful for anyone who has a pile of emails to contend with every day. Here’s how to follow… Read more…

Use LIFO, Not FIFO, to Manage Your Inbox How do you decide which emails to respond to first? Your choice can determine how your workday will go, but the options can sometimes lead to indecision (which only slows you down more). In general, you should choose a side between a LIFO or FIFO approach to your inbox—and, in my opinion, the choice is LIFO. Read more…

Use the ‘Yesterbox’ Method to Stay on Top of Your Inbox Inbox management, like so much else, is a necessary evil in our day-to-day lives. As such, it’s best handled with the use of a strict system. Also like so much else, finding the right system is time-intensive and adds a new layer of stress onto an already annoying task. Here’s a system that’s simple, doesn’t take a… Read more…

Shortwave Is the Spiritual Successor to Google’s Inbox Often, third-party apps exist to fill in gaps left by developers. After all, Apple and Google make a lot of apps, and need to balance both the feature sets of those apps with their ability to be used by the general public. So you end up with good apps that are easy to pick up, but might lack the options that dedicated… Read more…

LPT Request: How do you keep up with your email inbox? I’m in my second year of a work-from-home job that is 95% meetings and responding to emails. I have ADHD and it feels like these two tasks breed with each other and are my nemesis. I do fine (SO FAR) keeping up with important/emergency items, but every time I feel like I’m starting to catch up with the 200 non-emergency emails in my inbox, I ha…