The Zero Inbox concept has evolved. What used to seem like a good idea, a best practice, or a professional standard, now seems like one of three things:

A mantra.
A challenge to overcome.
A never ending task that has no value.

We have inputs coming at us in far more places than we used to with Slack channels, dashboards, text messages, social media inboxes, voicemails (yep still get those, too) and the vast number of other digital connections, alerts and pings that hit us between the eyes on the regular.

I commend you for upholding the Zero Inbox standard, but - I have to be honest. More and more "delete all" at the end of each day seems like a viable option to maintain sanity. Maybe this is a call from the void, but if this seems like something you think too, please let me know.

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl