Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

Chapter 16: Managing Your Day System

Email overload is a real thing and can be a real drain on your well-being, mental health, and productivity. Many people are being affected, especially now that so many people are working remotely, and email overload is also creating email anxiety.

Here are three signs that you may be in email overload:

• You are constantly checking your email, waiting to see whether anything came in even when you are not expecting anything.
• You are behind on reading and responding to new emails and your inbox is getting overfilled.
• You sort and search for emails more than reading new emails.

Not getting control of your emails can cause real headaches, especially if you are losing files and emails and spending too much time ...