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Thomas Junkツ • Edited

Not to forget: setting up filter rules.

  • Automatically route newsletters to the according folder.

  • Filter Mails by projects and move to according folders

  • Filter out mails with "lunch", "food", "ill", "flu" etc.

I use my inbox as a reminder of what demands extra attention. After skimming mails in the morning, everything left in the inbox demands action as soon as necessary (not always possible): things should be done sometimes today, but not now. Or things should be done tomorrow not today.

But that requires the discipline to schedule honestly.

My inbox has a mental upper limit of 3. Never more than 3 items scheduled for "later".