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Day Two of the email diet. I started the day with 37 new emails. Every day there are several emails from companies or sites that I have subscribed to, so I went in and unsubscribed from all of those. I just delete them every day anyway.
I find it is not possible to purely check email twice a day. I use email as a filing system, knowing I can go to an email to find information. Also, there are times when a message must be sent.
The email diet first crossed my mind last fall when I read an article in the Harvard Business Review titled “Death by Information Overload.” OHMYGOD! I realized, it’s not just me, this is a growing phenomenon. From the article: “The flood of information that swamps me daily seems to produce more pain than gain. And’s it’s not just the incoming tidal wave of email messages and RSS feeds that causes me grief. It’s also the vast ocean of information I feel compelled to go out and explore in order to keep up in my job.”
Bingo. Exactly. On top of that, I’m an information junkie to begin with. The Internet offers unfettered access to any question, big or small, that my little brain desires. Wilma Flintstone’s middle name? Check. The name of some obscure John Cusack film? Check. Google Earth view of anyone’s house anywhere? Check. What was the percentage of veterans predicted to swell enrollment at US colleges and universities? Check. Check. Check. Help me please!!
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