Sick of constantly checking your email inbox, only to find either spam or another barrage of pointless communications? Because email is so instant, we often feel like we need to check the inbox every couple of hours. But in reality, we can easily get way with checking it just twice daily, or even less.
The first step in cutting back on your email procrastination is to develop a schedule. Checking email first thing in the morning isn’t going to be very productive (use this time to complete a task instead). I like to make checking my inbox the second thing I do each day. I set aside a period of no more than 30 minutes.
By setting yourself a deadline of 30 minutes, you’ll find that you are forced to be more brief with email replies and not get distracted by browsing around websites half way through. If you don’t manage to empty your inbox in this allotted time, you’ll have to wait until the second inbox check later on in the day.
One important tip when dealing with email overload, is to deal with emails right away when you check your inbox. Don’t leave unread items sitting in your inbox. Either delete it or file it away appropriately.  You can also setup canned responses that you can paste in when people ask you common questions.
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