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Greetings Faithful Readers...

I want to challenge you with something...

When was the last time that your email inbox was 100% empty?   Not one email waiting for you to do something with it...

I have been living in the empty email inbox universe for a couple of weeks now and really feel better for it.    When I receive an email it instantly is dealt with in a few ways:

1)  If I can answer it with a short response...I do it and send it on.  If it is a prayer request, it gets answered regardless of my workload.
2)  If it requires a lengthy explanation...or can wait...I flag it and drop it into my archive folder.  I created a smart folder that hold all of my flagged messages so that I can go back to them later.
3)  If it doesn't pertain to me, I forward it to the appropriate party

I got tired of staring at 50 emails sitting in my inbox that I had looked at and not dealt with.  Now everything gets dealt with when I read it the first time.  I use the OHIO principle...Only Handle It Once.

Which brings me to another quick point...how often do you check your email?  Just because somebody sends it quick...doesn't mean that you have to answer it just as quickly....but that's another post.

BV