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Email Diets?! Email-Free Fridays?! Why are We So Obsessed w/ Email?

Even with the emergence of more and more online social media options, over the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion about how to manage Email.  I've heard of things from 'Email-Free Fridays' (could that really work among a large/distributed workforce such as Sun?) to a segment on a morning news progam today about Email Diets! 
                            
                        
                     According to market research firm Radicati Group, by 2009,  workers
                    will spend 41 percent of their time reading and responding to e-mails. 
 
Why are we so obsessed with Email?  Could we get by for one full day with no email access?

This is something that I'd guess many of us think about - especially during the summer with vacations, long weekends, etc.   It's so hard not to check email when there is such easy access from just about ANY WHERE.  (Especially when you can imagine the hundreds of NEW messages that will be in your inbox on Monday morning - you know you'll log in early and stay online late when you return from your get-away just to catch up, making that time off a moot point!) 

So, while for me, Email-Free Fridays may not be ideal or even possible -- starting an Email Diet seems a little easier to swallow. (pardon the pun!)  

Today, I plan to unsubscribe from all the email newsletters that I signed up for years ago, but no longer read.  AND, this Saturday & Sunday will be an 'Email-Free (but not Web-Free) Weekend' for me! 

Posted at 07:58AM Jul 27, 2007 by sandyb in Best Practices  |  Comments[1]