Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?
1•cfata•3h ago
Lately I’ve realized I’m not spending most of my day doing the work I get paid for. I’m managing email, follow-ups, scheduling, and loose ends around that work.
It’s not even the time. It’s the constant background stress of “did I miss something important?”
Curious how other freelancers and solo operators deal with this.
I ended up building a personal assistant for myself to own inbox-derived work so nothing important slips, but I’m more interested in how others approach the problem.
Here's the link if you're curious: get-alfred.ai
Comments
damiangriggs•2h ago
My policy is really simple, if it's important someone will reach out a second time.
pestatije•1h ago
yeah a PA is the standard solution
reliefcrew•1h ago
If the sender eventually proves to be a freeloader, they get added to an auto-respond list. I hope to enhance the auto responder with AI soon but for now it just tells them I'm busy and to bugger off. You never miss anything that important.
damiangriggs•2h ago