Need More Time in Your Day?
Email addiction!
Lots of people have it. If you don’t, you’re probably in denial!
I really didn’t miss checking my email twenty bazillion times a day when I was on vacation. So what is the urgency to check it every five seconds? Okay, I’m exaggerating, but I think you get what I’m saying.
Is it need for validation? To know that someone is thinking of me?
Is it a need to solve someone else’s problems or requests? To Get R Done, so to speak?
Or is it just procrastination?
Like Michael Hyatt (and almost everyone else with email) I check my email first thing in the morning, then throughout the day and last thing before I go to bed. During the school year I resolved not to go on line BEFOR lunch. On the times I did this my day was very productive. I need to do it again!
If you want more time in your day check out this link! It just might help!
http://www.michaelhyatt.com/fromwhereisit/2007/06/breaking_email_.html
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I just got back from vacation as well - where I did not have phone or email or even cell service. It was funny how much I DIDN’T miss it all. I’m back and wondering why I spent so much time on the computer in the first place…
Vowing with you… at least for the summer… to check email less often!!
June 25th, 2007 at 10:29 amBesides the stuff in the 4-hour Workweek book, Timothy Ferris put up a freely available manifesto about email, too. It’s a quick read. I’ve been able to get a lot more done since I cut back to twice a day.
http://www.changethis.com/34.04.LowInfo
June 26th, 2007 at 8:02 am