6 Things My Inbox Will Tell You About Me
If you had to figure out what I was like entirely based on my use of e-mail here's what you might conclude:
- There's a 50/50 chance I will talk to you
- I don't exist on weekends
- You talk a lot more than I do
- I give more answers than ask questions
- Nearly everything I'll send you was created by me
- Chances are you'll send me something meant primarily for someone else
I learned these things when I was archiving my email from January through April.
There were 3,789 messages. I sent out around 1,520. Half the mail I got I was CC'd on. I forwarded 100 messages. Most of my responses are 1 paragraph long. Most of my inbound email was 3-5 paragraphs long.
Email is the number one distraction in my day. I want to make better use of it.
