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Inbox Zero Day
When: Annually, October 6.
The day you may have been looking forward to for a long time and didn’t know existed: Empty Inbox Day (English: Inbox Zero Day). A day that has only been around since 2020 and is dedicated to an empty e-mail box, it seems. We can thank the app creator for it. Still, there is something to note about this day.
Origin
It all started in 2004, when Merlin Mann Inbox Zero came up with the idea. That initiative now no longer exists. The website How To Geek (HTG) did still cover it in 2019. It mentioned alternatives to what Mann came up within 2004. For example, HTG mentioned 43folders. That website can currently only be reached via an archived version. Its alternative, meanwhile, is also only available via an archived version, as you can see here.
Working method
What exactly is it? It’s about a way of working, so you must look into it. It could lead to a different working method if you are willing to do this. It’s actually about the smart ways you deal with emails. You can read more about that at this archived page (it’s starting to get monotonous). To give it away in advance: it’s not ultimately about an empty email box. Not that you will end up finding nothing at all in your Inbox.
This brings us to the purpose of this day: it’s about getting a grip on the flow of emails. The empty Inbox can get to you, maybe even today. Only is that reality? Is that something you want to pursue, even on a day like today? Isn’t it better to think critically about what emails you receive and send? Moreover, does it make sense to receive certain e-mails? For instance, do you need those newsletters? Do you read them or do you end up throwing them away immediately anyway?
Your role
In short, you think it’s all about an empty Inbox. In reality, this is a great time to think critically about e-mail traffic and your role in it.
