October 13 - Create a Plan for Responding

DIGITAL DECLUTTER SERIES

Create a plan for when you’ll read and respond to emails each day. Instead of allowing your attention to bounce all over the place simply because you received a notification about the arrival of new emails, decide that you’ll only look at emails at two-to-four set times during the day.

Unless you know that you’re awaiting a piece of information you need, chances are rare that you need to respond to an email immediately.