How and Why I keep my Inbox at Zero

March 12 2010, 1:14am

About 4 hours ago Tyler Galpin posted the following tweet: I think inbox 0 is stupid, because sometimes you need to sit on an email before replying in the best manner possible. Avoid mistakes. Absolutely true—there are many emails you shouldn’t or can’t answer right away. But I don’t think that should prevent implementing Inbox Zero. I can work way more relaxed as long as my Inbox is indeed empty and I know that all my tasks are captured and managed by a trusted system.

Realizing that my response could easily get a little longish for twitter, I figured I’d record a quick video to explain my approach:

Inbox Zero Demonstration from Julian Schrader on Vimeo. Inbox Zero plus Things works well for me—and this is how I’m able to succeed using this strategy without too much hassle. Feel free to try it