📧 Inbox Zero
Process your inbox to zero, one decision per email.
Updated 2026-07-14
Inbox Zero isn't about a permanently empty inbox. It's a way of processing email so it stops living in your head: every message gets exactly one decision (delete, delegate, respond, defer, or do). The single-decision rule breaks the email-avoidance freeze, and a timed session with others makes the dreaded backlog finally move. Set a timer and process top to bottom.
The list
- Open your inbox and set a 25-minute timer
- Pick one per email: Delete, Delegate, Respond, Defer, or Do
- If a reply takes under 2 minutes, send it now
- Defer longer replies to a specific task or time
- Bulk-archive old promotions and updates you'll never open
- Stop at the buzzer. Progress over perfection
Loads straight into a free focus timer + task list. Edit anything to make it yours.