Life Of E's

Heavens to Betsy!  Email can cause chaos and can help us resolve some chaos. I hear this in my workshops and in conversations and I live with it myself. Here’s a few ideas related to email and Keys to Keeping Your Email Chaos at Bay.

• Stop email ping-pong (also known as “boomerang email”).
  
• Have a “throwaway” email address (from hotmail or yahoo, for example). You can use it when you have to sign in to various websites, etc., but you never give it out to anyone who is sending you real mail. Then, if it starts being bombarded with junk, you can just turn it off and create a new “throwaway” email address.
  
• Keep updated virus software. Having your computer shut down due to a virus causes untold chaos and headache for you and those around you.
  
• Ask people not to send you unnecessary “stuff”-cartoons, jokes, chain letters, etc. Be kind but firm in your request.
  
• Clear out your email inbox daily. (WHEW! I know this one makes most people fall out of their chairs when I say this in a workshop. We will come back to this one later in the series, but for now, I just wanted to put it out there for you).

Be sure to check out the 7 Sane & Sensible Email Practices package.

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