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Solve your e-mail overload right now
Oct 17, 2006
If you suffer from e-mail overload, and if you trust my judgement from having read this blog for any length of time, please try this out. I've created this to help solve your overload.
I've written previously about my online todo list, Gootodo.com, but now I've made it easier to try out. You can now create a trial account in a few seconds just by entering your e-mail address and clicking on the confirmation mail.
Create your account here: https://www.gootodo.com
Once you've done so, you can get started clearing your e-mail overload right away, with one click of the Forward button.
The trick is to forward any big todos in your e-mail inbox to your Gootodo list, depending on what day - today or any future day in the next year - you want it to show up.
Three steps to clear your overload:
1. Only forward to today's list what you can accomplish today; forward others as far as you can into the future.
2. Delete any e-mails after you've forwarded them.
3. Complete any small, sub-two-minute todos right away, and delete those e-mails.
Done: you now have an empty inbox and a manageable todo list to get through today..
Forwarding is easy. For example, forward an e-mail to today@gootodo.com and it will show up on today's list. (Then, of course, delete the e-mail from your inbox.)
Forward an e-mail to tomorrow@gootodo.com and it will *not* show up on today's list - but will appear tomorrow.
Forward an e-mail to 2d@gootodo.com (or 2days@gootodo.com) and it will show up in two days. Or forward it to monday@gootodo.com and it will show up on Monday. You can even e-mail a specific date - like 14nov@gootodo.com or nov14@gootodo.com, to create a todo on November 14.
I can almost guarantee that if you try this out, using the method I've described, you will feel less stressed, work more productively, and have more time for things that really matter - family, friends, and creative pursuits. If you achieve all those benefits, after the first month I'll ask for three bucks a month for an ongoing account.
Please give it a try and let me know what you think: https://www.gootodo.com
