Your profession is not exchanging emails.
The statement applies to 99% of office jobs. I have found very few roles where emailing is the core duty. Yet many office workers spend uncountable hours in long email threads or simply checking their inbox every five minutes.
An email is a tool, not a job. Well used is incredibly effective. Poorly used are procrastination and a waste of time.
It is easy to fall into the trap. In the end, email notifications trigger our dopamine, and the natural human instinct is to jump straight away on it.
A lot has been written about email management, and there are numerous different routines. I have experimented with many of them, like pomodoros, batch processing, scheduling, and autoresponders. Finally, after years of trials, I have reached a way that works.
But, wait, what do you mean with it works?
Why does this Email Routine works?
- You will answer all your emails. No more ignored colleagues.
- You will transform emails into deliverables.
- You will have much more free time to do other things.
