How to love your inbox

Email strategies to make life better

Everyone loves to complain about email. But it truly is a marvelous invention. I started writing news articles before email was ubiquitous, and I remember playing phone tag with people all day. Asynchronous but instantaneous communication is a game changer.

However, the key to inbox happiness is recognizing that email is a tool to do your job and to manage your life. It is seldom your actual job (or your life!). Here are some ways to keep it under control and make the experience of checking email far more positive.