An Easy Inbox Automation to Save Time, Energy, and Reduce Decision Fatigue

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Automate your email inbox to filter the noise → auto-mark routine emails as read → only leave the ones that are actionable.

Emails such as:

• Purchase notifications
• Billing confirmations
• Newsletters you don’t read every time

How:
Create a filter in your email client → filter by sender or specific keywords → set those emails to automatically mark as read (plus automatic folder categorisation, if you use that).

This way, only one-off or actionable messages stay unread.
The rest remain archived and searchable for future reference, without cluttering your inbox.

Benefits:

• Saves time otherwise spent skimming unimportant emails
• Reduces decision fatigue from deciding what to do with emails
• Surfaces only the messages that need action
• Retains a complete searchable record for later reference

Stack with "just open the email, don't waste time prioritising" as a bonus.