EMAIL-TRIAGE5 MIN READ
The Vacation Backlog
Process a large email backlog by separating stale, delegated, quick, and scheduled work.
Return day 312 emails after PTO; the danger is treating age as priority. The inbox needs current decisions, not historical completeness. Backlog rule Current before complete Confirm whether a message is still live before doing work on it. Old does not mean owed Check whether the thread resolved while you were out. Return-day attention goes to live commitments. Process for present relevance before investing effort. 01 Resolved 02 Quick 03 Dependency 04 Deep work
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