Time Backlog

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I’m sometimes amazed how I let emails that I really want to answer sit in my mailbox for weeks…sometimes months. I currently have almost 200 emails in my boxes at home, and another 122 marked for follow-up at work. In fact, I’m rapidly coming up on the ONE YEAR anniversary of one bit of mail…and the longer time drifts by, the more remorse I feel. My rather lame excuse (which I stole from another friend) is that I don’t have the time “right now” to give them the attention they deserve.

As I said, LAME. I know that in most cases a quick note would suffice, but most of these are from people I WANT to give better attention to. Except for work-related emails, I generally answer emails first thing in the morning and the last thing at night. Truth is, those are the exact times of day when my brain is not at its best. Nor my mood. Especially the mornings. I receive between 2-300 emails a day at work, most of which demand an answer “right now.” Another 200 or so at home, most of which do not.

I don’t complain too much…my boss gets twice that many at work. But I apparently need to develop better time management skills, if I’m going to continue doing all that I do.

And THAT, dear friends, lead to a decision I’ve made about the next five years, which I will blog about next time. For now, it’s 8am, and I need a shower before work.

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