Comments on: What’s your standard for email? https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-standard-for-email David Allen's GTD® Methodology Tue, 24 Jan 2023 22:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Michelle https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4113 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:21:08 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4113 I love keeping mine at zero and always have. I treat as my inbox on my desk, a temporary holding area only. Besides, if I need something it will be in a folder and I can look for it there. Sometimes when making tasks or setting calendar appointments related to an email, I leave a note in the task as to which folder I placed email in and on which date it came in. That makes it easy to go find it later.
Michelle

]]> By: Sarah https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4112 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:07:16 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4112 I cleaned my inbox 2 Weeks ago and now it´s full again -.-

]]> By: Phil Bowman https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4111 Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:51:32 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4111 Spent this week getting down from 700+ to zero in my inbox, including a load of old mails that have been sat around for ages.

Question – how do you deal with ongoing conversations that may occur over a few days, without being sure they’ll ever turn into projects? I have a “* / Today / WO folder” where I put these, but that was where most of those 700 had gone :(

Currently trying out the GTD Outlook extension to see if it helps.

]]> By: Joachim https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4110 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 20:03:07 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4110 My inbox length is zero since over 2 years now. And it feels great. Emptied inbox, emptied head into the contextual action lists, then briefly lean back and think »okay, what’s the best thing to do now?«
I have deactivated all email notifications, but still look too often for new mail. However, I am confident to get this down to 4 times a day soon.

]]> By: GTD Times Editorial Staff https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4109 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:13:36 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4109 Hi Mary-Beth,

Good for you for developing that new habit of processing your inbox to zero. It will get easier. Once you build trust in looking at your next action lists and calendar for what to do, you’ll find it more comfortable to have zero in your inbox.

GTD Times Editorial Staff

]]> By: Mary-Beth https://gettingthingsdone.com/2012/07/whats-your-standard-for-email/#comment-4108 Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:48:40 +0000 http://www.gtdtimes.com/2012/07/02/#comment-4108 I am new to GTD and started doing the email inbox to zero. I feel exactly what you talk about in this article, uncomfortable because I had been using my inbox as a holding spot with a certain number of emails regularly there. My email stuff set-point, if you will. I am still a little uncomfortable with the ‘change,’ but I see the value of this process in not having to review all pending emails repeatedly. I have become more aware of other areas where a comfort set-point exists and I feel can make better decisions about whether I need to make a change there as well. Just have to get used to the new ‘normal.’ Thanks.

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