Andrew Bosworth: ‘Inbox ten’

For those who are curious, my system is Inbox Ten. That means I aim to end every day with fewer than ten emails in my inbox. I also have fewer than ten open chat threads across all interfaces. I’ve also read all relevant notifications in internal tools, read all relevant posts in internal groups I care about, and started rough drafts of any relevant proactive communications I intend to produce.

Email is the backbone of my system and I treat every email I receive as an action to be taken.

I prefer Inbox Zero, but reality these days is Inbox Ten, and it works well.