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OK, almost two and half months later the results are not impressive but show an improvement:

Important: 56

Billing: 0

Asana: 24

Other: 214

Quartz: 150

Other: 64

Total: 294

I did a small split in my Inbox -thanks Superhuman- where I have my Quartz emails (obsession & daily brief) and the “other” which includes other newsletter subscriptions. 

This way, I stay always connected with what’s going on around the world & simultaneously get educated on interesting topics (see Obsession).

Three weeks, one week-long business trip and one week of being ill later, here’s the current status of my Inbox:

Important: 62

Billing: 2

Asana: 27

Other: 250

Total: 341

Not really impressive but, given the circumstances, I am really happy that the number decreased! 

I treat my email inbox as my only task list. If you want me to do something, just send me an email. If it’s not in my inbox, it’s not in my to-do list. As a result, I am trying to handle all my emails with one of the following actions:

Read & Snooze

Read & Respond 

Read & Archive

Read & Unsubscribe

For the last 4 months, I have been using Superhuman as my main email client and it has been extremely helpful to handle my emails better & more effective. 

In 2020, I decided to reach inbox zero for real. Currently, I have 4 folders in my email: 

Important - all the emails from our clients, partners & friends

Billing - all the emails which are related to billings from partners

Asana - well, the asana reminders

Other - mainly newsletters

Starting today, I will try to make sure that every week, I will have less unread mails than the previous week. Hopefully, my tumblr will be a great help as I will have to “report” my weekly progress. Just check #My2020ZeroInbox!

So, here are the January 1st numbers:

Important: 65

Billing: 1

Asana: 29

Other: 255

Total: 350