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"Could I use another hour each day? Yes I could. Especially THIS month when there are so many parties to attend and plan, gifts to wrap, things to make, etc., etc. I recently heard about this smart advice for reclaiming an hour in your jam-packed day ... This one&amp;#x27;s a tough one for me--because I&amp;#x27;m, well, obsessed with my Blackberry just a wee bit--but if I could learn to ignore the chime of emails and set a specific time to look at my inbox (both the computer screen and the crackberry), I might save myself an hour a day of inefficiencies. That&amp;#x27;s the message from expert Christine Louise Holhbaum: &amp;quot;Check e-mail at set times,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;E-mail begets e-mail. The more you send, the more you receive. Train yourself to check e-mail periodically instead of constantly. Close out of your e-mail system while working on other projects to avoid distraction. ... Attempting to multitask is, therefore, not only inefficient; it&amp;amp;#8217;s exhausting. Take one task at a time. Try it out for a few days by eliminating distractions such as your e-mail notification or your TweetDeck.&amp;quot; This is so true, and also a key message from work efficiency experts who encourage workers to take their eyes off email frequently. Email sucks you in! (I get so many emails from publicists, for instance. I used to try to respond to every single one, as a rule, but I just can&amp;#x27;t anymore. It can take me an hour (or more) a day just to write people back. Too much! I hated the thought of people thinking I was ignoring them, but in the end, I value getting enough sleep, not staying up late replying to emails!) Will you join me in trying this? Let&amp;#x27;s see if we can gain an extra hour a day! What are your other ways to make life less complicated? Share! More reading: *The 99-cent stress buster to try today! *Got stress? The kind of goofy gadget that will totally relax you! *OMG--check out the &amp;quot;world&amp;#x27;s most relaxing room&amp;quot;! More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;#x27;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. Follow us on Twitter! Photo: H. Schelbe/Zefa/Corbis"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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