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I have tried both the "all empty" approach and the "never empty" approach.

Finally I settled on a rather complicated hierarchical folder structure.

I worked like that for several years and it kinda helped me keep on top of things, but not completely.

My fiance is an organization and process-building genius.

He helped me see that a dump it and only keep what is actionable in the inbox approach would work better.

Though I can't handle the chaos of dumping all things into one folder.

So I have now implemented this email processing approach:

1. Based on subject line I sort the inactionable (ie. no action needed or deserved) emails into appropriate subfolders.

2. I leave whatever is actionable within the next 2-14 days in my Inbox and work down them as needed, moving to subfolders when action is no longer needed on them.

3. To find emails I am finally coming around to the "Search Don't Sort" way of thinking. It is much faster and less annoying.

My productivity has definitely increased. We'll see if I can stick with it.

Blessings,