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How many times a day do you check your email?
Asked by Nataly , 15th Apr Answer this now »
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Michele 29th Apr
mamalolo 27th Apr
I
too
have
3
different
emails
and
I
feel
like
I
am
a
little
obsessed
with
checking
them.
I
really
worry
that
it
will
creat
a
little
resentment
with
the
little
ones,
kind
of
like
the
second
I
get
on
the
phone.
When
I
go
to
the
computer
they
run
to
me
and
try
to
climb
up
on
my
lap..this
is
difficult
while
trying
to
run
a
website.
Yvonne 18th Apr
I
have
upward
of
7-10
email
accounts,
and
I
check
them
multiple
times
a
day
maybe
as
many
times
as
I
have
email
accounts.
I
am
obsessive
when
it
comes
to
checking
my
email.
lynn59 18th Apr
I
feel
like
lately
I
am
checking
it
way
to
often.
Maybe
close
to
being
obsessive,
especially
with
work.
Cleo 16th Apr
I
have
three
email
addresses
-
two
for
work
and
one
for
personal.
When
I
am
at
work,
I
usually
have
all
three
open
and
check
them
regularly,
I
am
with
you
Diane
-
if
they
clog
up,
it
seems
to
take
forever
to
respond
to
them
all,
but
if
I
respond
as
they
come
in,
maybe
30
seconds
to
a
minute
each,
it
doesn't
seem
to
intrude
as
much.
At
home,
I
will
check
them
again
at
night
after
my
son
goes
to
bed.
On
weekends,
probably
check
just
at
night
if
at
all.
Lylah M. Alphonse 16th Apr
When
I'm
at
work?
Constantly...
it's
always
up
in
one
window.
When
I'm
not
at
work?
Rarely...
getting
a
minute
to
myself
to
log
on
and
check
email
is
difficult!
caramelsugarberry38 16th Apr
I
don't
count
I
just
check.
I
sometimes
let
it
go
and
it
gets
too
full
and
I
have
to
clean
it
out.
But,
when
it's
clean
I
try
to
stay
on
top
of
it.
Rae 16th Apr
I
am
constantly
on
work
email
during
the
day-
I
check
it
every
hour
-
somtimes
more
often
if
I
am
trying
to
avoid
a
project
at
work
-I
receive
over
100
messages
a
day
so
if
I
don't
check
often
I
can
get
buried
quickly.
When
I'm
out
of
the
office
(I
work
3
days
a
week)
I
have
a
smart
phone
so
I
check
email
on
my
phone
on
my
days
off
to
stay
in
touch
and
make
sure
I
don't
miss
any
fires
at
work
that
might
pop
up.
I
check
my
personal
email
account
1-2
a
week
Florinda 16th Apr
I
don't
check
work
e-mail
outside
of
work
hours
-
usually.
If
I've
been
out
of
the
office
for
part
or
all
of
the
day,
then
I'll
check
in
on
it;
but
up
until
the
last
couple
of
weeks,
we
weren't
set
up
for
it
and
I
couldn't
have
even
if
I
wanted
to!
(Maybe
that
wasn't
so
bad
after
all.)
My
personal
e-mail
is
always
open
in
a
Firefox
tab
(I
use
Gmail).
Like Diane said, I tend to want to deal with e-mail pretty quickly, so I do check it pretty often. E-mail isn't really a huge issue for me, though - my thing is how often I check my Google Reader for feed updates. :-)
Diane 15th Apr
Hey
everyone.
That's
an
interesting
comment,
Nataly.
Because
I
remember
you
said
a
while
back
you
were
trying
to
portion
it
out
instead
of
checking
it
constantly
-
and
I've
been
thinking
about
that
ever
since.
That's
because
I
check
my
email
many,
many
times
a
day,
except
for
the
occasional
day
when
I
feel
I
must
have
a
break
and
I'll
go
one
or
two
days
without
it.
Now,
I
know
the
efficiency
experts
recommend
against
obsessive
email
checking.
However,
I've
found
it's
far
more
effective
and
less
stressful
(for
me,
anyway)
to
keep
a
constant
check
on
it.
Much
better,
that
is,
than
checking
it
only
-
say
-
once
or
twice
a
day
and
having
to
deal
with
a
huge
buildup
of
email.
When
I
know
I
probably
have
a
huge
logjam
of
email
to
deal
with,
I
tend
to
procrastinate
and
put
off
checking
it
longer
and
longer,
hence
the
stress
factor!
Which
is
odd
because
I
really
enjoy
communicating
via
email.
Another
factor
for
me,
being
in
web-based
media,
is
that
I
communicate
with
colleagues
via
email
and
never
in
person
or
by
phone.
So
when
something
happens
or
a
discussion
takes
place,
you
need
to
be
there
if
at
all
possible.
A
day
or
two
later
(or
even
later
the
same
day),
the
issue
is
resolved,
which
is
bad
news
if
you
want
to
stay
in
the
loop.
So,
that
is
why
I
check
my
email
all.
the.
time...and
I'm
not
ashamed!
:)
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But seriously, I get up to 300 emails per day, 75% are cc's and 1% actually need action. But, if I don't keep checking I get buried and will miss something.
At least 4 times, but most typically it is constant when I'm not in a meeting, and yet sometime when I am.
My email is my memory, to do list, and honey-do list.