Do Without Email Once A Week

Admit your problem= An office worker spends some three hours getting rid of junk mails. But if it takes more time for you, you`d better read them well.

Recognize your symptom= If your eyes dry, your back aches, your wrist trembles and your fingers paralyze, it means that you spend too much time with a computer.

Its your responsibility= If you do not send e-mails en masse, you would not get e-mails en masse.

Three e-mails? You should use a phone= After you exchange an e-mail three times, you should use a phone.

Do not use a reference button too much= Rethink before pushing a reference button with an e-mail. If everybody answers, there will be no alternative for you.

Eliminate "alarming" function= Eliminate an-email alarming function.

Slow responses= If you give an answer to a mail-sender too fast, he or she would anticipate your answers all the time. Let them call you if they are in a hurry.

Screen your mails= Delete non-important mails and give an reply to an important mail after finishing your work at hand.

Update your program= If you keep deleting spam mails and saving e-mail addresses in other folders, your program will be up and running.

Ask for a help= If your are in a high position, ask your secretary to check our your e-mails or call your friends to say that they frequently visit or call you.

Do not open e-mail at home=If you are dying to open your e-mails, you`d rather go to a library or an Internet cafe where you can see other people around you.

Designate a day with no e-mails= Designate a day when you do not log on to an e-mail box out of a week. It would be better for you to go on a cruise trip not to get away from your e-mails.

Kwak Min-young

havefun@donga.com