I’m a filter whore with Gmail. Everything gets a tag, usually auto archived away to its folder where I can promptly ignore it. After joining the Inbox Zero mindset, I started to think that having things auto archived from Gmail’s inbox didn’t really count. I wasn’t acting on these messages anyway, and often missed emails entirely.
So today starts a new experiment: I turned off the “Archive It (Skip the Inbox)” button on all of the rules in my personal Gmail account so that everything hits my inbox now and I have to manually archive them away. My thought process is that at least this way I have to actively scan the headlines before deciding whether or not to ignore them. This will also make Inbox Zero a true Zero, where all of my incoming bits are managed. I’ll try this for a week or so and report back as to my progress.
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That could be dangerous, depending on how much email you get per day and how much of it is not actionable. I set up my filters in a way that they auto-archive emails that are definitely not actionable. If there is any doubt, they’re tagged, but left in the inbox. I actually live in the All Mail view where the inbox and starred items mean I need to do something and I skim through the rest. I’m not saying my method is the best way, by any means. It’s just how I do it and how I keep my sanity while receiving 50-200 emails a day.
If I recieved a ton of non-actionable email then I’d agree, but for a week I’m going to see how much I can take.
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