Defer
Up until a few days ago I would've told you to just create a followup folder in your inbox and to setup reminders to look at them. But I got an email from Linda Arrowwood, who's in my SendOutCards downline, about a webinar on Evernote. She asked me if I used Evernote and I told her no. I'd heard of it and had downloaded it about 2 years ago. But after watching the webinar, I was sold on using Evernote to store everything, including deferred emails. This is a tool I'm adding to my SYSTEM toolbox. Thanks Linda!
What is Evernote and why am I using it to store deferred emails? Evernote is a tool (an app, as well as a website) for storing, organizing and accessing almost anything! You can save a website, photo, email…practically anything and then store it into a "notebook". And then search for the info with a very powerful search engine (which will also search the words in your photos!). There are two main reasons that I like Evernote for storing deferred emails.
- You get an email address with your Evernote account so you can forward your emails to it easily
- You can easily setup reminders to let you know it's time to followup with your email
On the right is an email that I wanted to defer, about a webinar by my friend Michele Reynolds. I wanted to attend the webinar but I didn't have time to look at the details at the time, so I forwarded it to Evernote. Even though I didn't do it with this email, I could've set a reminder (clock icon in upper right corner) to remind me to look at this later. I was driving at the time of this webinar last night so I couldn't watch it, but I'll check out the replay.
Evernote is also excellent for storing the emails you want to keep for reference. I highly recommend the webinar by Steve Dotto. It lasts an hour but it's worth it!
Interesting days
Today - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/croissant-day/ The Supreme Croissant breakfast at Jack in the Box? It's also https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/fun-at-work-day/ You can celebrate it by leaving an inane message on your work voice mail
Tomorrow - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/gorilla-suit-day/, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/backward-day/, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/inspire-your-heart-with-art-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/seed-swap-day/. Hmmm…you could walk backwards through an art museum while wearing a gorilla suit and swap seeds with the other patrons of the arts
Next Friday - https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/doodle-day/, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/working-naked-day/, https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/lame-duck-day/ and https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/bubblegum-day/ I'm not even going to attempt to offer a way you can celebrate them all at the same time
February 30 - There is no February 30, so you can relax. Although, someday I might tell you why February only has 28 or 29 dayd
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