04.24.07
Trimming attention
I know we could all use some of these tips. Sometimes it seems like there’s just too much trying to grab our attention every day. And most of the time it’s completely unnecessary.
Brian Oberkirch has a great post about scaling back some of the things that try to grab our attention.
* I’m checking email Dr. Pepper style, at 10,2 and 4. Batching should help, and also making it a sprint to process my inbox within 10 to 15 minutes. ‘Reply to’ stuff goes in that folder. Stuff I note and might want later goes to ‘Archive’. Stuff I never need again gets deleted. You can delete a ton of your email. Really. Process voice mails at the same time. (I’ll also do an RSS feed run at these times. I’ll reward myself with a flickr/twitter/mefi review if I’m a good boy.)
* No email review in the morning as I start my machine.
* Unsubbed from all email discussion lists.
Trimming the attention sails - [Brian Oberkirch]