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If you want this to be a one-and-done kind of deal, you’ll need to block off a good chunk of time. This depends also on how many emails you currently have in your inbox-the bigger the number, the longer it’s going to take. So your best option is to open everything and remove it from your inbox.ĭoes this sound impossible to you? Do you think you’re too knee deep to get to where I am? Hold onto your hats, because I’m about to blow your mind-and your inbox-in five easy steps.įirst things first, figure out how much time you’re going to need to accomplish this. Because even if you have what you think is a fool-proof system, mentally, that feeling of incompleteness, of missing something, of leaving people waiting, will still nag at you.

I’ve talked to several people I work with about why they leave so many messages unread, lingering in their inboxes, and I got some very reasonable, logical answers: “It reminds me to answer them,” “I use them as my to-do list for the day,” “I keep them unopened if I know I want to read them at some point but don’t have time now,” “It’s easier to find them,” “It’s spam, I don’t have to read that.”īut I also asked them if they’d feel better if they didn’t have any leftover emails, or if it stressed them out to see such a high number of notifications next to their inbox, and most of them said yes to both. That’s when you’ve not only opened, deleted, and answered every email, but you’ve removed it from your inbox in some form or another. I actually save myself a lot of hassle and anxiety by consistently deleting notifications and reaching inbox zero. You might think because of this I spend every second of my day with my nose in my phone, but I don’t. This means I immediately open every banking alert I get (even if I know the purchase was mine), every email I receive (even if I don’t actually read it right away), and every text I see (even if I don’t respond right away). Sure, it’s a little nuts, but I refuse to leave any red flag on my phone untouched.

I have an intense fear of lingering notifications.