How many years of my life will be spent writing – and ignoring – emails?

‘Only 42% of the emails we send are fully read and understood.’ Photograph: fizkes/Getty Images/iStockphoto

We now spend a whopping eight hours 42 minutes a week writing emails, according to a survey. That is a full working day each week that we will never get back and, even worse, only 42% of the emails we send are fully read and understood.

Frankly, I find the 42% figure to be on the high side.