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There’s No Secret To Inbox Zero
There really is no secret to getting your email inbox to zero every day using the Voila Method. First thing in the morning and throughout your day, simply do a “Select All,” then hit “Delete.” Voila, you’re achieved Inbox Zero using the Voila Method. While that works, it’s not the life any of us can actually lead as tempting as it may be. Instead, here are some optimal ways you can achieve Inbox Zero as well as keep your job and relationships.
Very first step is unsubscribe from everything you subscribed to on impulse a while back to which you now delete every time it arrives. No point in spending that energy deleting things you no longer have interest. Plan on doing this for a couple of months as not everything you subscribed to arrives daily, weekly or even monthly and while it is indeed a process, if you are determined to stick to it you will greatly diminish the quantity of messages you receive. You will also think twice before subscribing to any more stuff on impulse as you certainly do not want to be unnecessarily adding more to your inbox.
Next step is a little more tricky as now you need to create rules or filters. Inbox filters are rules or logic that you define that tells each incoming email where to go as in your main inbox or to a filtered folder that you created. This keeps your main inbox cleaner and with only those messages you predetermined are…
