I’m far too addicted to my email. For someone who is trying to build a lifestyle of freedom through the internet, I give far too much time and attention to my email. I just got back from a 7-day cruise in The Caribbean (and now I’m addicted to scuba diving, too). Internet access on the cruise costs 0.50 a minute and adds up fast. After one night of that, I decided my email was just going to have to wait even if the world imploded as a result. Guess what…
…the world didn’t implode.
I can count on one hand the number of emails I received that really were so important that they needed quick attention. And that was out of 550 emails received (not including spam).
The epiphone: I spend to much time on email and give it way more attention than I should.
The goals for implementing a solution:
- I will only check email twice a day now–once in the morning and once in the evening
- I will only check my email once on Saturday and Sunday (working towards never checking on the weekend)
- I will no longer check my email first thing when I wake up. I will only check it after doing a couple hours of productive work.
- I have turned of all automatic email checking and notifications in Outlook. Email will only come in when I open Outlook and hit the Send/Receive button (which will only happen twice a day).
I am going to keep a log of this and I’ll report back next week on the blog to let you know how I am doing. Hold me accountable. I encourage you to join me. Thank goodness I don’t own a “Crack”-Berry. If you own one, I urge you to sell it and get a “run-o-the-mill” cell phone.
On another note, thanks for your patience in waiting for the next episode of the podcast. I’ve been traveling every weekend for speaking gigs or vacation and Sterling has been going to every seminar on the planet it seems and mingling with the likes of Dan Kennedy and other big dogs. We’ll have lots of good stuff to talk about. Stay tuned!
I would like to join you, but until I switch my business model this “Crack Berry is my master. My clients have come accustomed to me replying instantly to emails. I am just digging a hole for myself. I am in ¾’s of the way in “The E-myth” so I NOW understand what needs to be done.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device