Planning tips 8. Clear your inbox
I discovered the value of clearing my inbox a few years ago after a bereavement. I returned to work and sat at my desk feeling totally overwhelmed by all of the email. I put my head in my hands and cried. A colleague came along at that moment*. She kindly offered to have a look at what was important or not. Later she apologised and said she’d only been able to delete obvious junk, left what she recognised as important in the inbox, and put the rest in a folder for ‘later’. Ye