Infomaniac Gauntlet

2008-10-02 | Filed Under Virtual Assistance |

Apparently, Janet Barclay wasn’t REALLY expecting to get her Infomaniac addiction under control, so I’m throwing down the gauntlet!

I’ve organized my Outlook InBox by adding “Needs action”, “To read/review”, and “Waiting for reply” folders. Now, when my email comes in, I answer it promptly, if needed, and then place it in one of those three folders. That way I will have all of my e-zines and Google alerts in my “To read/review” folder, ready for me to peruse them when I have the time, rather than interrupting my workday to read them as soon as they come in.

Also, I am now checking the weather only once a day…first thing in the morning. Unless it looks like there’s a big storm coming in. Or I want to see pretty pictures of autumn leaves.

So, Janet, I’ve taken steps toward curbing my information addiction. Now it’s your turn…

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  1. Janet Barclay Janet Barclay on 2008-10-03 4:48 pm

    Melodee, I’m crushed! I have every intention of following through with my intention, but this is truly the busiest time of year for me (leading up to Face to Face. But to prove my commitment, I’ve just gone through Bloglines and deleted all the posts I’d saved because they talked about free e-books, since I won’t be requesting them anyway…

    Is that a good start? :)

  2. Janet Barclay Janet Barclay on 2008-10-03 4:59 pm

    … as well as those I saved which were lists of other blogs to check out

  3. Melodee Melodee on 2008-10-04 2:46 pm

    Wow! You ARE good!

    I must admit that I’ve pulled down another RSS feed (The Blog of Tim Ferris: http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/), giving myself even MORE to read…

    Guess I’ll have to try harder next week. :-)

    The Face-to-Face Job Fair looks amazing!

  4. Janet Barclay Janet Barclay on 2008-10-04 3:27 pm

    I will be posting my progress report on Monday.

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