Question

Think about where you normally sit in class & note your assigned topic below. Then find five different tips for dealing with the issue (search "advice for X" or "how to handle X"). Use a credible source and if you use a search engine, pick something from the middle or bottom of the results or that you don't think everyone else will use.

Topic: managing email or inbox management

Answer 1

Inbox management is an important aspect of everyday life. It can create unnecessary stress and turmoil if not managed effectively. Following are some of the tips for an effective inbox management :

• The two minute rule: In order to respond and read emails follow the two minute rule. This means if the email takes less than two minutes to be responded to, do it.
• Delete: Done hesitate to delete certain emails if you feel they won't be of any use or content. The deleted emails are anyway stored in the deleted folder for a good 1 month and thus if you rethink your decision you can always go in the deleted folder and check it. This technique helps greatly to reduce most of the volume of email.
• Set a schedule: often we end up checking our email throughout the day instead of keeping a fixed time for the same. This creates a lack of time management and you aren't able to do things you really want to. Therefore set a fixed schedule to check your emails. This way you save up on your time and able to manage both your life, work and emails effectively.
• Change the routine /schedule of responding to rmails: Often one makes the error of trying to respond to all emails at once. This becomes a daunting task that is difficult to finish if not impossible and also leaves you overwhelmed and tired unable to do any other work. Therefore the Golden rule to follow is reply to yesterday's email today and do not even bother to check today's email except ofcourse if its mentioned otherwise that it's urgent, which though is a rare occurrence. One can also use apps such as 'outlook' so that today's emails won't be shown at all if the specified option is selected.
• Unsubscribe : This tip greatly helps in reducing spam and junk emails. Unsubscribe from newsletters that's you no more read. As Unsubscribing manually from every newsletter would be a tiring task one can use an app like unroll. me to ease the unsubscription process