Eliminating backlog of tasks or emails.

Even the most religious inbox zero users experience a backlog. Here are a few tricks to help eliminate the backlog: 

  1. Offline or Off-hours: Concentration is the key to success. Go through the backlog when you are offline or off-hours when you are less distracted. Another trick is to complete all responses as drafts and send them together once you are done to reduce distractions from replies. 
  2. Sort/View by conversation: Viewing a entire conversation together can help you quickly see the entire picture. Same benefits can be applied when deleting or archiving.
  3. Attack by reverse chronological order: Older emails/conversations tend to have less movements.
  4. Take a break or many breaks: Batching process will keep you motivated and progress will build the momentum.

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  1. tahir-khan posted this