Source https://zenhabits.net/spiritual-inbox/
By Leo Babauta
Earlier today, my email inbox was overflowing like never before. I’m taking this month off (mostly), so I haven’t been checking and responding to email as I normally do. This led to a super full inbox!
When our inboxes are overflowing, we tend to feel some anxiety, and respond in one of a couple ways:
- We get overwhelmed and ignore it, allowing it to get even more overflowing, and getting more and more behind on replying to people.
- We reply as fast as we can, often a bit frantically, feeling pulled in a zillion directions, and our day becomes swamped in responding to everything.
Do either of these feel familiar? What you’ll notice is that neither of these is particularly helpful, and that they aren’t a joyful, meaningful way to relate to your inbox. You might also notice that how we relate to the inbox is how we relate to a…