But rather 101 e-mails in the Inbox!
Having been absent yesterday, I
thought that perhaps one of my today’s tasks should be the clearing of the “Inbox”.
(My Inbox is at times a thorn in my side. As much as I love being able to
handle business at all times of the day – or night – sometimes opening it up to
find yet another thirty e-mails on political / links-of-cute-YouTube-things / other
links from friends and acquaintances about yet more political
/cute-YouTube-things etc. rather overwhelms me). Whilst traveling I check at least once a day
and ruthlessly ditch anything not directly connected to friends or family, but
when I am at home I feel that I should stay aware, keep up with events in the
world (or at least the worlds of my family and friends – that’s sufficient) and
am slower to simply click on the “delete”.
I have been known to actually get
both Inbox and Sent box down to 0 – even if for only an hour or two, but today
after having ditched many I looked up to realize that I still had 101 to be
dealt with. Amongst those at least two persons whose blogs I follow, which
means 10 – 15 minutes per e-mail; then there are personal emails from at least
five close friends that will also need or warrant my close attention; in
addition there are half a dozen that need to be checked and filed such as
bills, bank statements and the like.
Then there are the acquantainces whose e-mails should at least be read;
never mind the few such as the English-speaking Library or the local village
with current information. It all takes time, but hopefully by the end of the
day I will NOT have 101 – aiming for at least only 50.
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