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As of 11/19/09…
I had 730 emails sitting in my inbox at 9:30 am.
I collapsed all emails and they collapsed into the following categories:
- Last Week
- Two Weeks Ago
- Three Weeks Ago
- Last Month
- Older

I’ve decided to archive the Older category as Backlog (557 items) and focus on processing the remaining 173 items while maintaining my newest emails to zero every 24-48 hours.

I have now archived my Older items into a folder called @Backlog_06.29.09-09.29.09 and I will eliminate the remaining 173 items from my inbox by or before 12/31/09.

My focus, however, is to practice and ensure that any NEW emails get processed, clarified, and organized within 24-48 hours.

As of today (11/24/09):
I now have 70 items in my work email box! I have not successfully integrated the skill of processing my new emails within 24-48 hours yet, but I will continue practicing until I get the hang of it.

This goal definitely ties into my Master GTD goal so I am still persevering!

My current email inbox at work has 662 email items in it.

Since my goal is to get the email inbox empty, I need to make consistent progress towards reducing this amount. Yes, I could simply delete all the emails and that would get it to empty, however, then I REEEAALLY wouldn’t be learning the “PROCESSING” step of GTD.

Okay, for this upcoming week, I am targeting to get by work email inbox down to 500 items. Therefore, what that means is that by Friday, Oct 16th, my work email inbox will be at 500 items by 6pm on 10/16/09.

I had a bit of a mishap a couple of weeks ago because my system broke down when my palm pilot died. Ack! So, now that I purchased my new palm pilot (same version as the old – Zire 31 – so that I could easily get back up and running with the system I created earlier this year), I can now get back on the horse.

I have, however, been dragging my feet a bit and my INBOXES are now back to needing to be emptied and I still need to do a thorough Weekly Review to get me back to being current.

Will create a PROJECT called: “Get Current with GTD” where DONE equals:
(1) Processing my home physical inbox to empty
(2) Processing my work physical inbox to empty
(3) Bringing all my lists current

Gooo GTD!