After two back-to-back vacations toward the end of summer, I found myself with a growing number of unread emails—1,321, to be exact. There was no way I’d ever be able to catch up, so I did something completely out of character for me: I deleted them all without a second thought or glance.
Anyone who’s ever worked a desk job knows that staying on top of email is practically a full-time job within itself. A 2016 survey found people spend an average 4.1 hours per day checking work email–and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic made many jobs virtual.
