#6 Defeated or Given Up - Top 10 Mistakes That Cause a Disorganised Inbox

HOW TO OVERCOME #6 Defeated or given up - It's out of control, so what's the point? It will be back to out of control tomorrow.

Who feels that their inbox has become a lost cause? 

Is this your current reality...

Awhile back you had a full-on busy day at work, and your emails got away from you. Then the next couple of days were crazy too and you just couldn't catch up.

Then the dam burst.

50 emails turned into 500, turned into 1,000, turned into several thousand and now you look at that number of emails in the bottom left corner of your inbox each day and cringe.

At the same time, you think "It's out of control, so what's the point? It will be back to out of control tomorrow".

Unless you have a plan moving forward, you are indeed right.

So time for a plan, huh?

TIP:

Here's a suggestion...draw a line in the sand. You will always be drowning in email unless you decide that you've had enough and take action.

To make it less overwhelming, make a joke of it. Create a folder that you call "Oops" which you can dump all of the emails into that are currently sitting in your inbox. Besides you will be able to easily find all of these emails now that you are using the Find Related tip from Mistake #9 (go back if you need to).