Tomorrow, we (Emily Kramer and Jim Renaud) will give up work and personal email for the entire month of April. Our “30 Days Without Email Challenge” was inspired by Asana’s goal of enabling “teamwork without email”, and we are both excited to see how the challenge affects our productivity.
The rules:
We cannot open email for any reason during the month
If we do open email, we lose a point for every email we send or read
Any filters or forwarding must be set up in advance
We will keep you updated with our progress throughout the month–stay tuned!
Week 1 Update: After 4 days without email, both of us are both going strong. While friends, family, and commenters on social media and this post have expressed anxiety on our behalf, we’ve found life without email to be pretty simple so far. We’ve both come up with some workarounds, but neither one of us have sent or read an email.
Week 2 Update: After 11 days without email, Emily has taken the lead. Jim has had 2 email violations.
