Okay here it is, Tory's steps to handling your nightmare inbox
You've got thousands (or tens of thousands) of emails to get through and it's stress inducing and also you might be missing important things, especially if you're job hunting or waiting to hear about a vaccine
You've got thousands (or tens of thousands) of emails to get through and it's stress inducing and also you might be missing important things, especially if you're job hunting or waiting to hear about a vaccine
This is for gmail (and for personal email, not campaign etc)!
#1:
Turn on keyboard shortcuts, things will go much quicker. And then USE the keyboard shortcuts: support.google.com/mail/answer/65…
#1:
Turn on keyboard shortcuts, things will go much quicker. And then USE the keyboard shortcuts: support.google.com/mail/answer/65…
#2:
What emails can you bulk delete? Anything from DoorDash, Amazon, delivery services. Walgreens. Do you get emails anytime you make a purchase over $20 or similar?
Search name, select all, and select all that apply (so it's more than the one page), and delete em
What emails can you bulk delete? Anything from DoorDash, Amazon, delivery services. Walgreens. Do you get emails anytime you make a purchase over $20 or similar?
Search name, select all, and select all that apply (so it's more than the one page), and delete em
#3:
Keep thinking about bulk deletes - old fundraising emails. Calendar events from before 2021. Alumni associations. Old newsletters. Mobilize. Hulu, twitter, Netflix, etc!
Take the 15 seconds to also unsubscribe from the things you don't need!
Keep thinking about bulk deletes - old fundraising emails. Calendar events from before 2021. Alumni associations. Old newsletters. Mobilize. Hulu, twitter, Netflix, etc!
Take the 15 seconds to also unsubscribe from the things you don't need!
#4:
LinkedIn alerts, Indeed alerts, other job hunting alerts older than 2 weeks are not helpful anymore. Bulk delete those.
Bank alerts older than a month, also probably delete-able.
LinkedIn alerts, Indeed alerts, other job hunting alerts older than 2 weeks are not helpful anymore. Bulk delete those.
Bank alerts older than a month, also probably delete-able.
#5:
Make some labels if you don't have them already.
I recommend at least:
- Apartment/housing stuff
- Your Job/School
- Past Jobs/Schools
- job app things if you're hunting
- doctors
- stuff to keep
- stuff to keep, Sad
Make some labels if you don't have them already.
I recommend at least:
- Apartment/housing stuff
- Your Job/School
- Past Jobs/Schools
- job app things if you're hunting
- doctors
- stuff to keep
- stuff to keep, Sad
#6:
Okay! Now the goal is getting rid of whatever you have left that's unread.
Go to Settings > Inbox > Inbox Type, and select Unread First.
On the right side of the screen, click the number of emails, and it'll take you to all unreads. Select "oldest".
Okay! Now the goal is getting rid of whatever you have left that's unread.
Go to Settings > Inbox > Inbox Type, and select Unread First.
On the right side of the screen, click the number of emails, and it'll take you to all unreads. Select "oldest".
#7.
Go in reverse chronological order - the older ones are more deleteable!
Start just going to TOWN! Delete all that junk.
Only do 4 actions to any email:
1. delete
2. reply
3. label or make a new label, put under that
4. star it so you come back to it at the end.
Go in reverse chronological order - the older ones are more deleteable!
Start just going to TOWN! Delete all that junk.
Only do 4 actions to any email:
1. delete
2. reply
3. label or make a new label, put under that
4. star it so you come back to it at the end.
#8.
Remember to unsubscribe from things you do not need because you do not want to do this again
The only unreads you should have when you're done with this process are things you need to handle in the next 5 days. Anything longer should have it's own label.
Remember to unsubscribe from things you do not need because you do not want to do this again
The only unreads you should have when you're done with this process are things you need to handle in the next 5 days. Anything longer should have it's own label.
#9.
congrats on being done with unreads!!!
Time to do a similar process with all the things in there that are read.
Turn off unread first, then do the same action of clicking the range of emails you have and selecting oldest. Go through all of them, only do those 4 actions.
congrats on being done with unreads!!!
Time to do a similar process with all the things in there that are read.
Turn off unread first, then do the same action of clicking the range of emails you have and selecting oldest. Go through all of them, only do those 4 actions.
#10.
Keep at it until your inbox is clean and pretty.
Congrats! Clean inbox.
Now when you get a new email, same 4 actions - delete, reply, label, or star
Tada!
Keep at it until your inbox is clean and pretty.
Congrats! Clean inbox.
Now when you get a new email, same 4 actions - delete, reply, label, or star
Tada!
(Step 11 is if you're a campaign, hire me and I will make Inbox magic)
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