DISQUS

It's not always easy to keep it empty, but if you have to scroll to see some of the messages, you have too many!

I face many of the same challenges, wondering if people are actually reading, so I'm always happy to get an email from a subscriber, or to meet someone at a networking event and have them tell me they read my ezine.

I never send it out before, during, or after a weekend, or on the 1st or last day of the month.

When I switched service providers, people had to "resubscribe" and I did lose quite a few readers, but not as many as I expected, and at least I knew those people were really interested in continuing to receive it.

Thanks for playing, Cristina! I can confirm that this strategy works, because my husband and I do the same thing.

What an awesome project! I've posted the following tip on my blog:

Empty your inbox (both paper and electronic) every day. People have a tendency to leave items there as a reminder that they need to act on them, but too often they just get buried and forgotten. Instead, enter the action on your to-do list and put the email or document in an appropriate folder to be referenced when you’re ready to work on it.

This is oh-so-true, Cristina! Off the top of my head, I think there are three kinds of people:

- People who get great ideas, but don't want to deal with the details necessary to carrying them out;

- People who get great ideas, but get too caught up in the details to bring them to fruition;

- People who get great ideas, and make them happen!

I can't offer an explanation, but I also have a weakness for blank notebooks!

That is brilliant! As we have been planning our meals every week for as long as I can remember, this shouldn't be too difficult for me to implement!