Comments on: 2 Hours and 15 Minutes of Email http://www.christinebougie.com/2-hours-and-15-minutes-of-email/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:02:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christine Bougie » Blog Archive » No Badge, Please http://www.christinebougie.com/2-hours-and-15-minutes-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-2680 Christine Bougie » Blog Archive » No Badge, Please Tue, 19 Apr 2011 20:19:30 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=2112#comment-2680 [...] is the worst thing to “do” in the morning.  I’ve gone through periods where I only check it once a day.  But lately I’m fine with just staying off email (and any social internet sites) until noon. [...] [...] is the worst thing to “do” in the morning.  I’ve gone through periods where I only check it once a day.  But lately I’m fine with just staying off email (and any social internet sites) until noon. [...]

]]> By: Uh Oh. Missed a Post! | Christine Bougie http://www.christinebougie.com/2-hours-and-15-minutes-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Uh Oh. Missed a Post! | Christine Bougie Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:03:55 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=2112#comment-968 [...] email once a day thing didn’t hold up very well.  I’ve got 131 emails to process tomorrow [...] [...] email once a day thing didn’t hold up very well.  I’ve got 131 emails to process tomorrow [...]

]]> By: Phil http://www.christinebougie.com/2-hours-and-15-minutes-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Phil Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:48:01 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=2112#comment-867 Awesome. Awesome.

]]> By: Marissa Bracke http://www.christinebougie.com/2-hours-and-15-minutes-of-email/comment-page-1/#comment-866 Marissa Bracke Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:28:08 +0000 http://www.christinebougie.com/?p=2112#comment-866 Really interesting post, Christine. I'm easily and frequently intrigued by how people manage their email, but I also constantly work on giving it its due attention (but no more than that) in my own days, so the post caught my notice on both levels. The part that grabbed me the most was "I wasted the first 2-3 hours of my day being half-engaged with whatever I'm working on." Yep. I relate to that. I work out of my email inbox a great deal, and while I try to only process email once a day, because the inbox is open & I'm working out of it, the interruptions coming in distract me, and I know that feeling of partial-engagement. Reading about your success with this experiment inspires me to tweak my own process a bit more--because I miss that uninterrupted, total-focus feeling. Thanks for this post. It's got my brain a-percolatin'! :) Really interesting post, Christine. I’m easily and frequently intrigued by how people manage their email, but I also constantly work on giving it its due attention (but no more than that) in my own days, so the post caught my notice on both levels.

The part that grabbed me the most was “I wasted the first 2-3 hours of my day being half-engaged with whatever I’m working on.” Yep. I relate to that. I work out of my email inbox a great deal, and while I try to only process email once a day, because the inbox is open & I’m working out of it, the interruptions coming in distract me, and I know that feeling of partial-engagement.

Reading about your success with this experiment inspires me to tweak my own process a bit more–because I miss that uninterrupted, total-focus feeling.

Thanks for this post. It’s got my brain a-percolatin’! :)

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