Comments on: Are you a multitasking junkie?

By: Charly

Charly — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:32:43 +0000

Those are all great ideas! Thanks I’m actually sitting here with my email open in another window trying really hard to refrain from checking it, haha! I have at least three email accounts and, seriously, I think it’s out of control! I think you guys probably know what I mean. I have one for junk stuff (I rarely ever check it), one for blogging, and one for everything else. I think I need to reevaluate how many I actually need.
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By: Nick LaBorde

Nick LaBorde — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:38:09 +0000

A friend of mine uses a technique with her voice mail that I think would work for email.

Every day she records a new message stating when she will be returning calls that day. She also request that you provide as much detail as possible so that she can be prepared.

I think that if the e-mail ever got out of control you could easily adapt her technique. You can easily set up an auto responder.

By: cb

cb — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:47:38 +0000

Oh gosh. I have dual monitors at work, and today I kept the right one full of nothing but my email client so I wouldn’t miss a thing! Your idea about the custom alert is great, because otherwise there is NO WAY I could go even an hour without checking. And yes, I definitely use email to keep from moving on to tasks I don’t want to do!
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By: Nick LaBorde

Nick LaBorde — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:35:51 +0000

Hi Julie, How long has it been since you checked? It’s been 2 hours for my self.

Let me know if they help.

By: Julie Bradley

Julie Bradley — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:27:49 +0000

Hello, my name is Julie and I am an email junkie.

It’s true. I will often check my email just to get out of doing a task I’m not enjoying. I can get quite perturbed when there isn’t anything interesting enough to entertain me.

Thanks for the tips, I’ll try them.