I want to share a few things that I learnt from the course called, ‘the way of the productivity ninja’ to help anyone that is still finding better ways of working when at home full time. There were lots of amazing tips , but what I want to focus on are emails habits.

Change your outlook to open in calendar mode

Rather than opening your outlook to your mail box, you can open it to your calendar.

To do this, do the following:

Go to the bottom, right click on the mail icon and click on ‘options’.

Click on the Advanced and see ‘Outlook start and exit’

Choose which folder you want ( I have chosen calendar).

As simple as that! The benefit of doing this is when you first log in you are planning your day, rather than getting caught up with the email distraction.

Create an actions folder

The reason of doing this is to create some focus in your inbox and spend your time where it matters the most. I have started moving emails over to this folder to action.

Set periods of the day when you check email

Rather than checking your email all the time — have set periods in the day where you look through your inbox. I have chosen first thing in the morning, lunchtime and towards the end of the day.

What do you do to create good email habits?