101.9 Degrees Fahrenheit
So, the girlfriend’s been sick the past couple days culminating in a fever of approximately 101.9 degrees fahrenheit…not fun. Luckily we had just picked up some new super-tylenol-fix-all medicine and her fever is now down to around 99 degrees. While I’m not one for over medication, three cheers for knocking her fever down so quick…I get so worried when she is sick like this.
In other news I finally broke down and re-organized my mountain of email to a much simpler, action based system. After following Merlin Mann’s 43folders blog for a couple of years, and talking with good friend Dr. Dave, I took the leap and am flirting with “inbox zero.” The quick version is that you move all of your old email into archived folders, and keep your inbox as small as possible, only filled with emails that you need to read or reply too. It’s a fantastic system and while I’ve only been using it for the past day or so I’ve become better about replying to friends and collegues emails by an order of magnitude. And it makes email into a sort of game to see if I can keep the inbox down. Wish me luck.
Anyway, just kind of up late staring at the walls listening to JoCo songs and planning world domination…something every guy is wont to do when his lady is battling a sinus cold. I thought I would post something a little more personal considering I’ve been posting so much technial and political stuff as of late. Until next time…courage.
Joe does this email thing. And he’s really mean to me because my inbox is over 1,000, with stuff from 2003 towards the beginning. I don’t think this is that bad, considering other inboxes I’ve seen. What does it matter whether it’s in a folder or in the inbox?
February 28th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
For me it’s two things:
1. I miss emails that I want to reply to, because I don’t have time the minute it comes into my inbox. As other emails show up, that message starts to get pushed down further into my inbox and then I completely forget about it because I can’t see it anymore.
2. It reduces clutter in my life as things are a little bit more organized. For example, I know that I have 3 emails that I need to do something with when I check my “action” folder right now. Whether that means reading it more thoroughly or writing an elaborate response, I know that those are the only things I need to worry about in my email. I don’t stress out that I missed something.
Also it makes me feel better. Which sounds hippy-dippy, but there is a sense of accomplishment when the inbox hits zero. It’s a lot like checking things off of a todo list.
p.s. I knew I liked Joe. :)
February 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pm