5 steps for returning to an almost-empty email inbox after a vacation by Natalie Walters on Dec 28, 2015, 10:44 AM  Checking your email on vacation can be just as tempting as checking your text messages at work.
Over 40% of working adults said they feel obligated to check their email while they are on vacation, according to a poll of over 2,000 adults from Ipsos Public Affairs. The temptation is rational. Who wants to click through hundreds or thousands of emails after returning from a time of R&R? Some say this post-vacation email deluge even makes them dread going on vacation in the first place. However, Research shows that stress levels tend to increase when you have access to your inbox and that in order to return to work refreshed and rejuvenated, you need to unplug completely during vacation. But Dmitri Leonov, VP of growth for Sanebox, says that's not always a realistic option. He says following these five steps will allow you to enjoy your vacation, as well as transition back into the workflow with ease: SEE ALSO: 3 reasons companies like LinkedIn, Virgin, and Netflix are giving their employees 'unlimited' vacation DON'T MISS: The 27 jobs that are most damaging to your health 1. Set your auto-responder to expire a couple of days after you get back from vacation. "The most important hack is to setting the expectation that you will be back later," Leonov explains. He says this buys him a couple of extra days to play catch up at work before responding to his emails. Plus, when you come back to work on Monday but your out-of-office email doesn't expire until Wednesday, people are really impressed when you get back to them first thing Wednesday morning, Leonov says.
2. Install a filter to separate important or urgent emails from unimportant, non-urgent ones. Everyone should have a filter that sorts emails into "important" and "unimportant" folders, Leonov says. These filters, like Google priority or his own tool, Sanebox, allow you to quickly scan through your unimportant emails and delete them all at once. "Having an active filter is going to save you a disproportionate amount of time when you're back," Leonov says.
3. Filter out recurring emails. Daily updates from your go-to news sites or weekly notifications about meetings are helpful — if you're in office. While you're out of the office, make sure to filter out these recurring updates, notifications, and newsletters so you don't waste time deleting them during or after vacation when they are obsolete.
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