tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post922842550465928207..comments2023-07-21T03:00:15.795-07:00Comments on Jeri’s Organizing & Decluttering News: Are You Using Your Email Inbox as a To-Do List?Jeri Danskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01647833266269245240noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post-28503789628538114762014-07-15T13:58:09.218-07:002014-07-15T13:58:09.218-07:00I'm with David Pogue, but as you note, the uti...I'm with David Pogue, but as you note, the utility of using your inbox to drive your actions depends on the you, the user. <br /><br />Within half a day of receipt of an email, anything left there in mine is actionable, and the subject line isn't what I use. Just seeing there's a message from X, because I've read the email, triggers what it is that X needs from me. <br /><br />I never keep more than a dozen emails in my inbox, so it's not overwhelming. But again, I recognize that it works for me -- it's not necessarily what I'd encourage a client to use. But the email's content usually has all the essentials needed to take action -- it's basically the equivalent of a slot in a tickler file. If I wrote the item on my task list, I'd then have to go look in a sub-folder of emails entitled "Actionable" anyway, so why not keep it as accessible as I need it to be?Julie Bestryhttp://www.juliebestr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4238401484560614586.post-28203082383892510502014-07-15T13:28:53.093-07:002014-07-15T13:28:53.093-07:00I used my inbox as my to-do for years with success...I used my inbox as my to-do for years with success. I was an online project manager running as many as 25 projects at a time, so I was very busy. Our company did almost all communication via email, plus I had to keep client communication for accountability, and ended up with thousands of emails (one vacation,I came back to 8,000 new emails after 2 weeks). Filing completed or informational items left just active to-dos in my inbox, so I could find them quickly and respond to immediate questions. It took work to keep up with, but any system does, and I rarely missed anything.Penguinladynoreply@blogger.com