How to Overcome Email Addiction

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Tip 1 - Inbox Anonymous: 8 Steps To Kick Your Email Addiction

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alice Torres | permalink

The first step to overcoming your obsessive inbox-checking habits is admitting you have a problem. How many times do you check your email every day -- 10, 20, more than 30 times? Checking email frequently means you’re being driven by your inbox, and it actually causes you to be less [...]
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For further reading: http://www.forbes.com/sites/ilyapozin/2013/10/24/inbox-anonymous-8-steps-to-kick-your-email-addiction/ ^[1]

Tip 2 - E-Mail Addiction: Five Signs You Need Help

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sheila Pulford | permalink

Are you addicted to e-mail? Study finds the odds are good you checked your e-mail within the last 15 minutes. Here are five warning signs.

For further reading: http://www.pcworld.com/article/150928/addiction.html ^[2]

Tip 3 - Why email is addictive (and what to do about it) | Mind Hacks on WordPress.com

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by ria van klooster | permalink

Email is addictive Like lots of people who sit in front of a computer all day, I am addicted to email. This worries me for two reasons. The first is the sheer strength of my compulsion. I must hit the 'get mail' button at least a hundred times a day. Sometimes, if I don't have…

For further reading: http://mindhacks.com/2006/09/19/why-email-is-addictive-and-what-to-do-about-it/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Kill Your Email Addiction; Put Your Inbox in the Upstairs Bathroom

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Fiona Donaldson | permalink

Your email inbox is a massive distraction, particularly when it's constantly by your side. That's why, for example, we recommend turning off push notifications if at all possible. Similarly, Unix guru Jesse Storimer explains why he keeps his inbox in the upstairs bathroom—figuratively speaking. You Should Forget About Push Notifications for Your Email You Should Forget About Push Notifications for Your Email You Should Forget About Push Notifications for You Two weeks ago, the popular Mac-only desktop email client Sparrow released the iPhone app, and it is … Read more Read more
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For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5897453/put-your-inbox-in-the-upstairs-bathroom ^[4]

Tip 5 - Balancing act: Company offers tips for email addicts among us

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by adamhusk | permalink

I hate to say it, but the time has come for many of us to admit that we suffer from the same sad addiction. So let me start the healing process by confessing that I, too, am addicted ... to email.

For further reading: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865599379/Company-offers-tips-for-email-addicts-among-us.html%3Fpg%3Dall ^[5]

Tip 6 - 9 Tips That Helped Me Beat My iPhone Addiction

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Maggie van Rooyen | permalink

When I'm checking my phone or emailing on my computer, I know I'm not at my best as a mom. I kind of hear the kids' voices clamoring for my attention as I focus on the task at hand (or at fingertip), but not really. I know I tell them to "hold on," and I don't always say it so nicely.
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For further reading: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dana-mark/beating-iphone-addiction_b_5014593.html ^[6]