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Gina on not checking your email first-thing
Merlin Mann | Jul 18 2006
Geek to Live: Control your workday - Lifehacker Gina has a good post on ways to structure your work day and ensure you get your most important stuff accomplished, and she includes a piece of advice I've recently started practicing myself:
I've discovered that a lot of my most unpalatable, low-priority email arrives overnight; it's when most cron jobs and mailing digests run, plus, I suspect, it's when a lot of garden-variety crazies get their second wind (or 12th beer). Waiting an hour or so to collect the overnight haul buys me time to wake up, get some work done, and generally orient myself. By the the time I raise the electronic flood gate, I'm already feeling on top of things and have no problem blowing through all my mail in a few short minutes. Even the crazy ones. The larger issue is a pillar of Inbox Zero: it's your mailbox, and you get to decide when and for how long it draws your attention. I recommend affecting that decision while awake, cogent, and adequately caffeinated. 5 Comments
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[...] There is some good...Submitted by Paul Camara » Blog Archive » Don’t check y (not verified) on July 19, 2006 - 2:47pm.
[...] There is some good common wisdom regarding what to do first each day, and what not, to get your day jumpstarted. For instance, don’t check your email for at least one hour. Get other things done instead. See the post at here. Then go here and order some shortbread. [...] » POSTED IN:
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