Learn English meaning of 'Inbox Zero'

Date: Feb 27 2017

Intro

How do you feel when you check your email? Sometimes, you might let your email pile up. There might be dozens, or even hundreds, of emails in your inbox. How can a person deal with so many emails every day?

First, keep a calm mindset. Then, try Inbox Zero. In Inbox Zero, you commit to having an inbox with zero emails. For Inbox Zero to work, you can’t procrastinate. You must empty your email every day.

Vocab

pile up v.

Definition

Example If my problems continue to pile up, I'm going to need to see a therapist!

deal with v.

Definition

Example When our house got robbed, we had to deal with the broken window right away.

mindset n.

Definition

Example I'm not in the right mindset to study, let's just watch a movie instead.

commit v.

Definition

Example Kristin can't decide whether or not she wants to commit to spending the rest of her life with Joe.

procrastinate v.

Definition

Example I procrastinate a lot, and then I have too much to do all at once!

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How do you deal with your problems? Do you procrastinate and let things pile up?

Comments

Grammarist

United Arab Emirates

People with more focus and determination are more likely to succeed and achieve in their life and typically possess greater qualities than those with less focus. Procrastinating people, on the other hand, are good at accumulating things to the last minute, much less able to resist the temptation, and fight back the urge to finish their work at hand. In this sense, procrastination may influence our daily performance and, unless controlled, may cause unpleasant consequences that we may not be aware of at the moment. As illustrated in the dialogue, the email-filled inbox does not need much time and effort to be moved into the trash; one click might suffice.

Fatihh

Turkey

Yeah I can say I do procrastinate most of the time. I can not always sign in my account so whenever I sign in, I face lots of emails and messages from some sites and some agencies and they always send me the same messages :D. I am very lazy for inbox zero and commit to it. It is unattainable for me because I have a lot different things to do before changing my mindset for this hack way to piled up emails. I just feel happy when I get the weakly lesson mails from englishbaby.com :D:D

Hanan77

Saudi Arabia

i have more than 5000 emails

for me it is pipe dream becuose if i make it inbox zero , in short time it will pile up again an d again

mahtab49

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

It is for a long time that I have inbox zero!!

As soon as I get an email I will open that to see who is that person that still remember my email!!😃

Of course Im sure there are some people who use email everyday for their business and they must deal with their emails!

I knew someone who said that he has 5000 email per day😱 so for him having an empty inbox is just a pipe dream!😄

Nowadays most of my friends use different kinds of apps for sending their messages and other things and I never procrastinate and never let my apps to pile up!

I am a sweeper of messages of my apps like Julito 😄

julito1

Argentina

I don´t like to deal with problems, but if I had to, the sooner I solve it, the better. Unlike Marni and her predicament with a full inbox , I am the champion in this regard. Each day I start from zero emails.I would say I am a sweeper of emails. hahaha