How can you better manage the constant demands of e-mail?

One idea is to batch your email–make it a scheduled thing that you take care of at set hours, for only so much time.

Studies in optimal work–flow, you might call it–show that tasks need to have clear boundaries in order to be satisfying. So if you set a timer for 15 or 20 minutes for your inbox and then pledge to close it after, it can turn the slogging chore into something more like a sprint.

Why not try this today!