I discovered a new blog today through the LinkedIn Bloggers Network: Email Overload. What a great name and what a huge problem for many people. As I was scanning the posts, one caught my eye on how to manage the various inboxes we all have: How Many Inboxes Do You Have?
Here's a list of inboxes the author, Itzy Sabo has:
- Email inbox
- Voicemail
- Freehand notes taken via my Palm
- In-tray on desk
- Notebook (old fashioned pen and paper)
- RSS and newsgroup reader
Except for "notes taken via my Palm", I have them all too, along with piles of papers on my desk (where's my organizer when I need him?!). I think I need to develop some new systems to make sure nothing falls through the cracks. I think my brain is an inbox too.
How many inboxes do you have and how do you manage them all? All tips welcome!
Too many inboxes! Haha! I think that's everyone.
Posted by: Tim MMF | Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 02:25 AM
Denise, I think you should read an excellent book about this topic: "Getting Things Done", author: David Allen. Allen gives us not only a method but an analysis of how we deal things that happen or are read and how to not consider are brain as a storage device (plus explanation about the "why"). If you free your brain you free your creativity and your intellectual capacities. It works for me (it takes time to put in place)
Posted by: Nathalie Marteau-Yarzabal | Saturday, December 23, 2006 at 10:09 AM