Pick your speed

implement the method described in Andreas Klinger’s blog post “Don’t Drown in Email! How to Use Gmail More Efficiently.”

Use a mail application that allows you to schedule a time when you want an email to hit your in-box. Turn email into something that you receive when you want to receive it.

They have yellow stars, blue stars, and a whole progression of simple, clickable icons by which you can sort your emails. I use three of them: blue stars, yellow stars, and green check marks. If an email needs a reply, it gets a yellow star. If it’s time-sensitive, personal, or just more important, it gets a blue star. A blue-starred email takes pr