Comments on: How I Became the Boss of My Inbox

By: Barbara Muir

Wed, 09 Jul 2014 05:07:21 +0000

Hi Alyson,
This is a great article. Super suggestions.
I have a long way to go!
Barbara

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:52:56 +0000

In reply to Lucy Chen.

Good work, Lucy!

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:52:46 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth Anderson.

Elizabeth: Also, follow that link to emptying your inbox I like to sort the inbox in different ways because seeing the from or subject makes it easier to batch delete.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:51:46 +0000

In reply to Glenda.

Glenda: Where were you looking for it? It’s pretty easy to find in the menu at top, but I always worry when someone has a hard time finding anything here. Anyhoo, it’s http://artbizcoach.com/irbits

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:50:32 +0000

In reply to Patricia C Vener.

Sounds like a good system that works for you, Patricia.

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By: Alyson Stanfield

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:49:54 +0000

In reply to Phil Kendall.

And this is why I tell artists not to rely on email. The delete button is used with such abandon. (By me, too.) You can’t rely on email getting in front of people.

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By: Lucy Chen

Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:59:43 +0000

The “delete” key is my favorite, too. My inbox is almost always zero by the end of the day. Yeah!

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By: Elizabeth Anderson

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:26:14 +0000

I know I need to separate my emails but I avoid it because it’s going to be like untangling a pile of yarn before I can start a project.
To start, I unsubscribed to a lot of newsletters that I read occasionally. I also started labelling important conversations so I can see those first and not get pulled into sorting what to delete. Deleting takes a lot of time!!!! I will start using the kitchen timer when sorting and deleting.
Thanks for the reminders 🙂

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By: Glenda

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:05:22 +0000

Hi Alyson,
Thank you for all your great tips and ideas. I’m always excited to read what you have to say next. I’ve been trying to find a link to get your e-book I’d Rather Be In The Studio. Can you send it to me. I’m looking forward to reading it. Cheers and thanks again.

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By: Patricia C Vener

Mon, 07 Jul 2014 17:12:57 +0000

I use webmail to read my email so that I don’t actually download any email unless I want to send it to evernote. I only look at email first thing if I am (impatiently) waiting for something. Once a month (sometimes more often) I go through residual email and process as much of it as I can stand. I really can only take reading about 4 to 6 emails in a sitting before I get fed up with opening the things.
I have a lot less residuals than I used to but I’ve still not managed to get down to 20.

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