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I like email. I still get goosebumps recalling the screeching love call of the wild internet login that got me connected to my email all those years ago.I even enjoyed the movie, "You've Got Mail". I am a romantic. I save matchbooks from restaurants. I was doing the same with my emails. At home, at work. They made me feel connected, important. They were important. The more there were, the more important I was.
But something was not right. I started dreading my inbox. I logged in at work because I had to, but I was logging in less and less at home. I started hating email, but I could not get away from it. I started complaining to my computer, "Leave me alone." It didn't even blink.
But like all things that this baby boomer has experienced, the right idea at the right time saved me. This time in the form of guru -- Mr. Good Experience himself -- Mark Hurst. He had once again captured the next big idea to improve my life: Bit Literacy. The concept, very Zen: let go of your email (just one form of the bits that are taking over our lives). And it is a truly elegant solution that makes me as graceful as a gazelle again.
It's a small book. Ideal in length and depth of information.
And so today, months later, I empty out my inbox at least once a day. Sometimes more. I've become an inbox neat freak. At home and at work. I have a To Do list, and I get things done. I like email again. And I tell everyone I know about what I do and now, even people I don't know...
Nice take on Bit Literacy!
I've read Bit Literacy. It's changed my life in terms of how I manage my email. And saved me a tonne of time and worry.
There's a bit of a plug for Gotodo in the book which you can skip unless you want to use it. Otherwise it's well worth a read