Reason 11 to Keep Your Email Organized

Texas is in a deep freeze this week. For me that means a frozen swimming pool, frozen pipes, and rolling blackouts. It’s all kinds of not fun. Trust me when I tell you, I’m not Zoom ready by any means. My kingdom for a hot shower.

Because of the rolling blackouts, we have 15 minutes of power, then 30 minutes of no power. No power means no internet, which means no sending emails or checking Facebook. It also means conserving my laptop battery as much as I can by leaving it turned off unless I’m actively working.

But April, just use your phone! Of course…except AT&T is having trouble with their towers as well so no Internet there either. I know, bummer all the way around. I thought I left this behind when I moved away from Iowa.

So when I do get 10 or 15 minutes to work, I try to make sure I am being as productive as possible with my workload. This is when having my email organized becomes an asset. Instead of spending my precious time sorting and searching through emails for that one message, I can go right to what I need to work on. Then, I can knock out 4 or 5 email responses before the power goes out again.

Focusing on work right now is tough, but being organized helps me be super productive when I actually crawl out from underneath the blankets and cats. How about you? What’s your why for getting organized?

If you need help figuring out your why, give me a call and we’ll talk about it!