When I used to get many e-mails for work, responding to overnight mail in the mornings worked well for me, too.
I found it helpful to take just 5-10 minutes at the end of the day to do a very quick calendar preview for the next day, as well as a quick e-mail file and dump session. This was a good "on hold"/"on mute" activity for me as well.
To-do items that I completed that day and new project info got moved right from my Inbox to their folders (so I wouldn't delete them by accident). Incomplete action items stayed in my Inbox until I actually dealt with them. I liked to try to keep my Inbox fairly empty of everything else.
I used to do an end-of-the week review session on Friday mornings (<1/2 hour), just to make sure that nothing slipped through the cracks, review project milestones, etc. That was a good time to browse quickly through project folders, ditch stuff I no longer needed, etc. Then I'd do a quick planning overview (<1/2 hour) for the next few weeks
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I found it helpful to take just 5-10 minutes at the end of the day to do a very quick calendar preview for the next day, as well as a quick e-mail file and dump session. This was a good "on hold"/"on mute" activity for me as well.
To-do items that I completed that day and new project info got moved right from my Inbox to their folders (so I wouldn't delete them by accident). Incomplete action items stayed in my Inbox until I actually dealt with them. I liked to try to keep my Inbox fairly empty of everything else.
I used to do an end-of-the week review session on Friday mornings (<1/2 hour), just to make sure that nothing slipped through the cracks, review project milestones, etc. That was a good time to browse quickly through project folders, ditch stuff I no longer needed, etc. Then I'd do a quick planning overview (<1/2 hour) for the next few weeks ( ... )
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