Email is necessary—but it doesn’t need to run your day.

In this episode of The Bright Method Podcast, Kelly Nolan walks through three realistic, practical email strategies that help you stay on top of communication without living in your inbox. Because if you want to protect time for your higher-value work, you’ve got to take control of the reactive pull of email.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• The mindset shift we need to make about email as we grow in our careers

• How to realistically plan for email time (yes, even if it takes 3+ hours a day)

• Why checking your inbox is different from processing it—and how to design for both

• A simple script to buy yourself time when you don’t want to respond in substance yet

• The power of scheduling emails (for your team’s sanity and your own)

• A trick for keeping your inbox from hijacking your weekend or vacation

• A heads-up for Outlook users that can save you from delayed-send fails

Whether you’re a manager, an individual contributor, or juggling both work and family life, these practical strategies will help you take back control of your day—without pretending email doesn’t exist.

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