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Calling All Readers: Tell Us about the State of Your Inbox

Send us your organizational tips, unpopular opinions, or highest unread email count

Do you have thousands of unopened emails in your inbox? Do unresolved messages keep you up at night? Or are you militant about keeping your digital space tidy?

Recently, our advice columnist Courtney Shea’s inbox hit 61,966 unread messages. The number would send many people into an anxiety spiral, especially those who are disciplined followers of the Inbox Zero method. But, others argue, acknowledging every notification, newsletter, or meeting invite until you hit the elusive zero could be making your stress worse.

In her latest feature, published today, Shea stands up for the messy inbox people. “We are, most of us, beholden to the almighty ping or ploop, signals........

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