Comments on: Seven Reasons You Check Email So Frequently – And How To Stop

By: Jason Christensen

Jason Christensen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:00 +0000

I'm really finding a lot of good information here on your site. Thank you.
You really hit the nail on the head with people and their dependence on email. Also, I have written several blog posts on cleaning up email and creating efficiencies myself, feel free to check them out: http://su.pr/8w3tcn

By: Jason Christensen

Jason Christensen — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:48:00 +0000

By: ajlopez

ajlopez — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:09:30 +0000

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By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:51:38 +0000

Hi Monica,

Thanks for the comment!

You know that a good point - I turned off all my notifications as well, so
that it doesn't distract me =). I think that's one of the best strategies,
can't believe I forgot to mention it in the article =)

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:50:02 +0000

Hi Arseniy,

I think you may want to consider checking out this article:

http://sidsavara.com/personal-development/stop-...

By: Cody McKibben

Cody McKibben — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:18:16 +0000

Tips for breaking the habit from @SidSavara: Seven Reasons You Check Email So Frequently – And How To Stop http://su.pr/9B67W6

By: monicaobrien

monicaobrien — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:11:02 +0000

I love this article. But part of my issue is psychological. Checking email is a mild addiction, so to actually enact a once-a-day email policy would make me crazy!

I think about this a lot though, so hopefully I can implement some of the ideas. I've already deactivated the automatic email alerts that used to pop up every time I received a new email. That alone has helped me so much this week.

By: Arseniy

Arseniy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:31:56 +0000

I am trying (wasting a considerable amount of time) to find some addons which would limit the quantity of web-site visits. So that I could, let's say, go on gmail two times in 24 hours only, no matter for how long. Do you know some of them?

By: Sid Savara

Sid Savara — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:28:01 +0000

Hey Dragos,

Thanks for your comment! And good point - it's not the medium necessarily,
constantly checking any type of electronic communication (RSS, Twitter, IM)
could be a time sink =)

I don't know if I could move everything to twitter - I like having folders,
filtering items to be handled on specific days etc - but I can see why
having only terse, to the point messages could be beneficial

By: Dragos Roua

Dragos Roua — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:13:08 +0000

Email was replaced by Twitter for around one year ago. I moved almost all my interaction and contacts on Twitter. I do check email every now and then but I do almost everything on that site full of birds :-)

And I think your tips apply perfectly to Twitter as well :-)