{"id":1160,"date":"2013-03-18T07:45:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T11:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2013-03-18T07:51:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T11:51:17","slug":"that-email-vacation-i-was-taking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hibbets.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/that-email-vacation-i-was-taking\/","title":{"rendered":"That email vacation I was taking"},"content":{"rendered":"

The good news is, that I’ve stuck with the email vacation thing I blogged about a few weeks ago<\/a>. I found a few techniques that have helped me manage this and make it work for me. Let’s take a look at what’s working and the progress I’ve made over the last two months.<\/p>\n

When I started trying the email vacations, I would average between 60-70 emails in my inbox. The whole concept of inbox zero was a far-fetched idea. Enter email vacations: concentrated times to check, respond, and manage emails. Now, I average below 40 in my inbox\u2014so I feel like I’ve made progress. And I think inbox zero is achievable.<\/p>\n

One of the things that helped the most was to change the frequency my inbox would get new mail. It was set to 5 minutes and is now at 30 minutes. I use Thunderbird as my client, but I’ve found sometimes the email still comes in more often than 30 minutes, and my guess is that it’s because I thread my email. But we’ll see how this effects things.<\/p>\n

I’ve find myself checking email about 3-5 times a day. The best part is that I’m more efficient at it. I decided not to go with set times, because my schedule varies each day. But I can plow through my email in 15-30 minute increments. When I flag emails to work on later, I do that in-between vacations. And over the last few weeks, I’ve been able to chip away at the small mountain of email in my inbox.<\/p>\n

When I find myself slipping back into old email habits, my stress level tends to go up. As in, I get anxious that as I’m checking email, two more come in. Or that my email volume increases and I don’t have time to address it. That’s why I’ve found the batching of email to be a much better approach.<\/p>\n

I’m not as stressed now when I can’t check my email. Getting 20-50 new emails in my inbox doesn’t bother me any more. I scan, absorb the info, and delete what I don’t need. I respond to what needs to be responded to. I’ve been able to successfully change my mentality that email can built up and I can knock it out.<\/p>\n

My email vacation technique has been a great approach. And most importantly, my stress level and anxiety towards email has definitely changed for the better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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