Originally Posted by SDP
(Post 2586709)
Thanks chennai-Indian and Lalvaz. --------------------------------------------- Being an email slave: |
Originally Posted by SDP
(Post 2586709)
Thanks chennai-Indian and Lalvaz. --------------------------------------------- Being an email slave: This happens to me quite often. Some of the e-mails that I receive during the day, I don't get to work on them during the day and I keep them unread. So there would be some which I haven't read at all and there would be some which I have seen and marked them as unread so that I can tackle the matter latter. Over a week or two, my inbox starts showing 500+ unread messages and tension starts building up. Many a times, just the thought that I have SO MANY things to attend to causes "paralysis" in the morning and more messages/to-do's pile up. So yesterday, as part of reclaiming, kept a few hours aside and cleared up the mailbox. Brought it down from 800 odd to 17 by 7:00 PM yesterday. Felt relieved. Did not check mails after reaching home or early in the morning today. Was quite upbeat while heading to work today. Reached office, logged in and the inbox showed 68 unread mails.:Frustrati I can not just chase emails, because in that case significant portion of the day gets spent in reading mails and no 'real' work gets done. I see a lot of such "email-slaves" around, who believe that clearing their mailbox 'is' the work that they get paid for :). I don't want to be one of them. Anyways, looks like defeating the email demon is going to take much more than one marathon session of cleaning up the mailbox. |
Originally Posted by SDP
(Post 2581188)
Friends, inviting your views on another aspect. When you plan to inculcate a new habit like going for a 30 minute walk/jog everyday, you typically start with a goal in mind: let's say reducing 5 KGs in 10 months to reach the ideal weight for your height and build. The doubt that I have is when you reach the goal, do you stop the 30 minute walk/jog? ...... How do you run your initiatives/transformation-journeys? Please share your views and experiences. |
Originally Posted by vivekiny2k
(Post 2587130)
find out who is sending you these mails and ask them to consolidate. |
Originally Posted by Saanil
(Post 2587307)
Which mail service do you use? Well we use Outlook in our office and we can put a setting to put mails from selected senders into a particular folder. For Ex: I know important mails can come only from 3 people, so I make three separate folders for them so that when I get a mail from them it does not get lost between other less important mails. Ofcourse for this you will have to identify who are the spammers and who are not. Segregation of incoming mails is inportant. I always deal with client requests first and when I am done with them I go through the other folders to see if anything is worth reading. |
Originally Posted by fiery enzyme
(Post 2587382)
I used to face the same problem. Here is what I did, I realised most of these emails were more than a 10 days old, that is some action has already been taken or it is too late. So what I did is I moved all the emails to another folder called "to be sorted" from my inbox. I started focussing on the new emails. Whenever I get a few minutes, I would sort my old emails everyday. |
Originally Posted by ampere
(Post 2587411)
On the two aspects that you mention: - Firstly you cannot stop what you started. If after reduction in weight, you stop your daily regimen, body would get back. However the flip side is, you wont continue to lose weight either! Your body would have adjusted to an optimal set of BMR (basal metabolic rate) based on your walking regimen. So now you would need to walk to maintain, your reduced body mass. - For transformation journey if you can find a like minded companion its even better. You can walk much more without feeling tired, if you keep chatting with some one. That also would help vent out negativity from the vicissitudes of daily life. Good to have a friend rather than a family member. (But who should also be equally committed for the regular walk/jog etc). |
Originally Posted by MileCruncher
(Post 2579095)
|
Originally Posted by SDP
(Post 2586709)
Thanks chennai-Indian and Lalvaz. --------------------------------------------- Being an email slave: |
Originally Posted by amitoj
(Post 2592368)
LOL. I have 1K+ unread emails in my inbox. But it does not bother me. The ones that need follow up, i mark them for followup using that red flag thingy. I do occasional cleanups when i get some time. But thats more of a timepass activity than anything else. |
Originally Posted by pradipk
(Post 2592348)
Hey what else if not kellogs? I do eat them in breakfast and tried some other alternatives of local brand but they were worst. I don't recall the brand name but both were disappointment. Also, what's wrong with kellogs? Nothing to relate with branding but just curious as you specifically mentioned no to it. Thanks, Pradip. |
Originally Posted by pravingmh
(Post 2592878)
@SDP, excellent thread. You should surely find lots and lots of people with similar predicaments. I read through the first two posts but lost footing when you went into the Covey caverns and FB labyrinths :) I get the picture that you have an unshakeable routine on weekdays and on weekends you shake off all routine. And now as a countermeasure, you are trying to have a further regimented life with well drawn plans for weight loss and family life. If that is indeed true, then dont you think that in your mind you actually want to let go and that is why your weekends end up with lazing around. Me thinks you need less of regimentation than more of it, less of planning than more of it. Letting go is perhaps the need of the moment. My offbeat suggestion to you is to dive into an engaging hobby or interest. Be it reading up extensively, documentaries, writing, painting. Anything to take your mind off the numbing tasks and go for pleasurable tasks. It would be prudent to not make this very regimented either |
Originally Posted by vivekiny2k
(Post 2593750)
I have said earlier in this forum in a similar context, try to use Pareto's rule of 80-20. Do not spend 80% of time trying to clean up last 20% of your mess. I never aim to hit a 100% cleanliness/orderliness, it can become an obsession. |
Originally Posted by DrRom
(Post 2594519)
Dear SDP Whatever we did was all there was to have been done. DrRom |
Originally Posted by IronH4WK
(Post 2593428)
usually i'm not the kind to keep the mailbox cluttered (neatly put the email in the respective folders in the PST), but a week back i had around 550 emails in my mailbox! since i was on holiday/WFH, i used to time to clean up my mailbox and brought it down to just five emails. i was overjoyed. today i've already got 223 mails and rising :Frustrati coffee anyone :D |
All times are GMT +5.5. The time now is 14:41. |