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Jason C. McDonald • Edited

If it's not on fire, it can probably wait until tomorrow.

Frankly, I need to print that on a poster and plaster it on my office wall.

I'm able to keep emails under control with a pretty simple policy: I star anything that needs to be read or addressed sometime reasonably soon, and anything unworthy of that just gets marked as read (for unimportant things I'll revisit eventually) or deleted outright. I spend relatively little time on emails this way...which is amazing, considering I maintain seven active addresses, each with a dedicated purpose.

Also, I do not own a smartphone, nor do I have plans to ever do so. I limit social media websites during work hours via LeechBlock.

Now if I can just figure out how to balance Freenode IRC (the online epicenter of my professional networking) and work time, I'll be golden. Most of the time, I don't sign in if I plan on focusing.