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Regulating email use?

Asked by Jonathan_hodgkins (690points) July 19th, 2013

I have been checking my email to the detriment of other work and would love to figure out someway to curb this. Do you know of a program or website that will alert you to the amount of time you are online or that will make it a little more difficult to log into email by say, making you solve math questions?

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johnpowell's avatar

What Operating System are you using and do you use a Desktop client for email or a web-based client?

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Jonathan_hodgkins's avatar

I am using Windows 7 and I use Gmail for email. I also need to clarify that this is for personal use.

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johnpowell's avatar

If you use Firefox as a browser you can use something like this to block gmail during certain hours of the day. There is also a similare Chrome extension here.

Obviously you can simply disable these if you are desperate. But one could help.

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tom_g's avatar

I second @johnpowell‘s suggestion of Stayfocusd in Chrome. Works great.

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marinelife's avatar

Allow yourself to check it a certain number of times per day (say three) at specific times. In between, do not allow yourself to check it,

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MollyMcGuire's avatar

Oh wow. You need to just find some self control. Not ‘something,’ just self control.

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