If you’re looking at an inbox with hundreds or even thousands of emails and don’t know where to start, don’t panic! We’ve untangled an inbox with over 23, 000 unread emails – so it’s all doable! And on average we only open 22% of our emails, so if you haven’t opened one yet, the chances are you never will!
With this in mind, pick a date and draw a line in the sand – make it no more than 4 weeks ago.
Create a folder with this date on and file away any email older than this date in it. Don’t worry, you’re not deleting anything. It’s just all tidied up and out the way.
With Google’s Gmail you are able to bulk file, so this action will take you no more than 10 minutes. And Gmail has an excellent search feature, so you will always be able to find what you’re looking for.