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	Taming the Inbox is possible

Lara Nieberding

3-21-2008 9:11 AM

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chris brogan, inbox, email, time management

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9f99843e-de27-49fc-8c25-6e7079f1cfcb/A11625D7-2C81-4793-ACB4-7F96AC61EA91/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/" href="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.chrisbrogan.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"><H2 id="post-2413" class="title">How I Tamed My Inbox</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"><STRONG>You’ll Need</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"><UL>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> An archive folder (in Gmail, this is a button. On other systems, you need somewhere to store stuff, in case you need to search for details later).
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> A calendaring software. I use Google Calendar.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> A project tracking software. I use Things for Mac. You could use anything lets you group projects into contexts.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> A file folder structure (online at least, and maybe mirrored in the real world - hat tip to my hero,<A href="http://getitdone.quickanddirtytips.com/getitdone-filing.aspx">Get it Done Guy</A>, for this).
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Two processes: sorting when mail comes in, and reviewing your projects regularly.
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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Processing incoming mail.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Using the Calendar.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Project Structure.
</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Consistent Review. </LI></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"><P>Process step 1- If it’s not a “right away” answer, sort it into a project area. I’m calling “project areas” out by context. In Getting Things Done, David Allen uses physical context, like @computer, @phone, @mall. In my case, I’ve used the following project contexts: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Family/Home</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Commitments</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Projects </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Blogging</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Personal</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.chrisbrogan.com/how-i-tamed-my-inbox/"> Research</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A11625D7-2C81-4793-ACB4-7F96AC61EA91/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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