So I decided that I was getting distracted having Gmail window open so I enabled the "Email Addict" option in Gmail. The option lets me "take a break" where the screen goes dark for 15 minutes.
Felt good until a minute in when the Gmail icon I have in my task bar lit up and the tab now read Gmail - Inbox (1). Ooh, a message!
But I can't get to it!
I tried hitting escape. I couldn't get back into Gmail. I tried hitting escape twice. Then I tried escape and then enter. Then the space bar. Then random panicked clicking.
Then I took a deep breath and decided to be Zen. I don't need to look at it right now anyway, I told myself.
About 2 minutes the tab changed to Gmail - Inbox (2).
I couldn't take it. I restarted Gmail entirely. I lasted all of 4 minutes with Email Addict.
The two pressing emails that absolutely could not wait were a two word reply to a meeting request and a coupon to Barnes & Noble. Hmm. Not exactly worth it.
Lesson learned. I've since disabled Google Notifier. And I've decided that if I ever want to focus and not be distracted by email I should take the radical step of ... closing the window!!
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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