A program for getting a handle on your email

5 August 2013

Several weeks ago, I subscribed to Revive Your Inbox a free, 21-day program to help you get a handle on your email.

I subscribed out of curiosity. I’m happy with the email system I use to get my inbox to zero every weekday. I found that the principles behind Revive Your Inbox are really sound. They boil down to:

Move items you want to keep out of your inbox into a single folder and rely on the search mechanism to find what you want
Take action to minimize the email you receive

Here’s how it works. Each day for 21 days you receive an email from Revive Your Inbox with a tip or an action to take to tame your inbox forever. The email itself captures just a taste of the info. Click a button for further information.

Each day has a focus. Everything’s clearly written with specific examples and actions to take for various types of email clients.

If you use gmail or Outlook, Revive Your Inbox will be very helpful. I use Apple’s Mail program which has fewer tools available.

Revive Your Inbox comes from Baydin, the people who created Boomerang and also The Email Game. There’s no advertising, though those products are recommended.

If you want help getting a handle on your inbox, this is definitely worth checking out!

Tagged with: email, habits, productivity