Abstract:
The fight to keep the numbers of emails in your inbox manageable can be a constant battle. At times, it can seem impossible to manage email messages effectively because they continuously pour in day after day.
In fact, it is similar to the credit card and student loan debt that aid professionals counsel their students about. Like interest on debt, emails accumulate day after day, while we’re at work or at home, and even when we sleep they still pour in. Before we know it, our emails – much like debt – threaten to overwhelm us as we teeter on the brink of email bankruptcy.
Declaring email bankruptcy is just what it sounds like. When people are so far behind on their emails and correspondence that there’s no possible way they can catch up, they’ll throw their hands in the air and exclaim, “I give up!” and then promptly and indiscriminately start hitting the delete button.
Email overload takes its toll on all workers’ time and productivity and keeps us from the primary focus of our jobs – helping students.
The best way to avoid email bankruptcy is to steer clear of it in the first place. If you’re close to email bankruptcy, take heart! There are things you can do to avoid starting completely over….
The full article was originally published in NASFAA’s Today’s News on 9/13/07.
