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Anyone else having problems replying to emails?

I'm so bad replying to emails. They just keep piling. I read them the moment they come, but something keeps me from replying or acting on them. How do you deal with emails? Do having specific blocks of time devoted to email writing works for you? How you balance replying to emails with the other parts of your work? Is anyone using Groupwise for your emails? Any tips for using it? The new version is able to attach labels to the emails and changes the color of the header accordingly. Now I have a very colorful inbox but as full as before.

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- being kind To whom? Amen, Brother/Sister/Ungendered...

stevecooper wrote:
sabreuse wrote:
- being kind

To whom?


Amen, Brother/Sister/Ungendered Sibling.

Highly rethoric question. :)

when I made the list, I was thinking on *all* kind of demands, both at work and at home. So sometimes, you accept to do things just out of sheer kidness. It happens to me all the time. This links to another item on this never ending list I forgot to add: Savior syndrome (way beyond Superwoman syndrome) when you think you can save the world (or a project, or a friendship or whatever) by your mere superpowers. Sometimes it's hard to accept that things will happen whatever the amount of effort you put to correct them.

And to think this post started with a simple question about emails! :)

 
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