I had 14,000 unread emails. I know. Don't come for me.
I couldn't face it alone, so I asked Claude to help me build a system. Not just "unsubscribe from things" — an actual system for how to handle email going forward. It helped me set up filters, gave me a framework for what to delete vs archive vs action, and wrote me a template for politely unsubscribing from mailing lists I couldn't easily opt out of.
The part that helped most was when I described my job and it suggested which email categories actually needed my attention versus which ones I was keeping out of anxiety rather than usefulness.
I'm at inbox zero for the first time in six years. It won't last. But I have a system now.
⏱ Time saved: 6 years of inbox chaos
✦ WORKFLOW STEPS
1Describe your job and email types to AI first
2Ask for a sorting framework tailored to your situation
3Set up email filters based on AI suggestions
4Use the unsubscribe template for stubborn lists
📋 THE PROMPT
Help me build an email management system. My situation: [describe job, volume of emails, main types you receive]. I want to go from [current state] to inbox zero. Give me: a sorting framework, filter suggestions, and a template for unsubscribing from lists.
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