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How to Get Rid Of Your Overflowing Email Inbox And Read Newsletters

How to Get Rid Of Your Overflowing Email Inbox And Read Newsletters

Achieve inbox zero with a simple 3-step process that even works in my day job at Google.

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May 02, 2023
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Even at my last full-time job for Google, my Gmail inbox (with upwards of a hundred emails daily) was at zero at the end of my workday.

This doesn’t happen by accident. I have always focused on getting to inbox zero. I’ll do this with three ideas in mind:

  1. I don’t have a complicated folder or label structure

  2. I move things immediately (most of the time)

  3. I have a system for recurring emails I want to read later (no not a snooze function, god no)

Let’s get into the details, shall we?

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