Streamlining time on email

As the holiday season heats up and there's more demand on my time, I'm finding my To Do lists getting longer and I'm also misplacing them more. So I'm passing on this tip from my sister-in-law. It's worked great for me. I no longer need to make lists of people I need to respond to via email. Instead if I get a message I can't reply to right away, I star it - or some programs call it flagging a message. Then when you do have a few uninterrupted minutes you can log in and just look at all of your starred mail. It's a straightforward list of who you need to reply to, and especially with all the holiday shopping spam it narrows down your inbox to a manageable level.