tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post488992635654264772..comments2024-03-27T02:24:30.591-07:00Comments on Get a Life, PhD: How to Take Control of Your Email in a Few Simple Steps Tanya Golash-Bozahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-5726363484760082922012-11-07T03:04:56.919-08:002012-11-07T03:04:56.919-08:00Hi, Thanks to provide information about mailbox ar...Hi, Thanks to provide information about <a href="http://www.jatheon.com/mailbox-archiving/" rel="nofollow">mailbox archiving</a>.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-89609753004069189722012-10-29T01:50:00.488-07:002012-10-29T01:50:00.488-07:00I use mozilla thunderbird instead of outlook and I...I use mozilla thunderbird instead of outlook and I use their labelling option a lot. I created labels in different colours for each big task (for example: meetings are brown, courses i take are red, courses I teach are green, everything regarding my phd is blue, etc). E-mails that do not fall into one of my eight categories, are left black. This way, I can additionally use the "only show label"-option next to the search option.<br /><br />Every e-mail over 3 months old, gets divided by Thunderbird into different maps in my archive. This way, I can check the right folder as an option when I'm searching in my thousands of e-mails.<br /><br />Thunderbird also has an electronic plugin for calendars (lightning, which looks like the gmail-calendar-option). I use the same colours in my calendars as I use for my labels: this way it's easier to see what I need to do that week.moosyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16804533704661082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-79286439489269434742012-10-20T10:54:51.938-07:002012-10-20T10:54:51.938-07:00I like your system. Once you get over 20 emails a ...I like your system. Once you get over 20 emails a day, it is clear you need some sort of system to deal with them. My Action folder always ends up getting too big, but I still haven't figured out how to deal with that.Tanya Golash-Bozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-71894340532941452422012-10-18T22:44:35.576-07:002012-10-18T22:44:35.576-07:00Hello Tanya
I have a similar system but I still c...Hello Tanya<br /><br />I have a similar system but I still check my email first in the morning! But I don't have so many emails as you. If I don't check my email for a day I'll probably receive 50-60 emails. But I quickly separe them and delete the ones I do not need to reed. The ones that are important go to different folders, according to the project they are related with. It'easier to search for them later, although Gmail search is quite easy.<br /><br />As you suggested I put my Gmail account to transfer the emails from my University email. This way it's never full.<br /><br />Just a final remarck. The other day my collegue saw that my inbox was empty and asked me if I don't receive any emails. I said that i have to be the master of my emails before they overrun me! :-)<br /><br />Cheers<br />RicardoBioAspiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952861919496408147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-56225526235649196962012-10-18T17:03:27.684-07:002012-10-18T17:03:27.684-07:00speaking of email - i owe you one! It's in the...speaking of email - i owe you one! It's in the "action" folder of an account I am not using... But, I will get to it soon.Tanya Golash-Bozahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14299920277816825958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2175875149329306963.post-50943873998283768962012-10-18T16:58:56.305-07:002012-10-18T16:58:56.305-07:00I could not agree more with your advice about NOT ...I could not agree more with your advice about NOT checking email first thing in the morning!! This discipline is vital to productivity. It's taken me a long time of being conscious of my priorities to be able to put email off until just before lunch each day, and sometimes I still give in.<br /><br />Likewise, it's not a good idea to check email at night because you often can't do anything at the moment and then you end up going to bed with some problem or question weighing on your mind!<br /><br />Oh email. Sigh. thanks for this, Tanya!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com