Endlessly clogged inbox [1] got you down? Nell Diamond [2] shares two easy habits she's adopted to keep her inbox organized. As the founder and CEO of Hill House Home [3], a lifestyle company for high-end bedding, bath, and home accessories, Nell is used to combing through dozens upon dozens of emails each day. The mother and entrepreneur stopped by POPSUGAR Play/Ground [4] in her home city of New York to chat about what it takes to be a badass boss lady.
Nell said she relies on Gmail's relatively new "snooze" feature, which was part of the Gmail updates released last year [6]. "If there's an email in my inbox that I can't immediately do something about personally — I either need to wait for an action item from my team or need to wait for a million other things — I snooze it until the day I'm supposed to have a check-in so that I see it pop up in my inbox when I actually have to act on it," Nell said during Play/Ground's Female Frontier panel [7]. "That's to avoid the idea of my inbox reminding me of things I have to do in a week. I don't need that. I just need to know what I need to do now."
Along with her email-snoozing tip, Nell also shared a bonus hack that helps to keep her inbox as uncluttered as possible. "My other rule is that if I can respond to an email in less than one minute, I do it right now and I don't wait because the emails that are actually the quickest will just pile up, and six months later I'll respond to someone being like, 'Hey, sorry for the delay, just been a little busy.'" Ha, been there!
If you're a Gmail user looking to step up your email game and get on Nell's level, read on for a quick look at how to snooze an email on your desktop. Inbox zero, we're comin' for you.