In the next section, we’ll look at how exactly you’ll be sorting your email, but the important thing to know for now is that at the end of the process you will be looking at an empty inbox a few times per day. Yep, it’s as satisfying as it sounds.

This means that you shouldn’t leave a single email in your inbox when you’re done processing. Just start from the top and sort, sort, sort – every email fits into one of the four folders described in the next step.

Emptying your inbox on your mobile device is just as easy if the folders are set up correctly. Moving an email from your inbox to one of the folders can be done on all common mobile platforms. Both the setting up of the folders and how to move an email on your mobile are explained in Chapter 5. (Can't wait? Click here!)