# An empty inbox is not the goal, but...

**URL:** <https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827>\
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**Created:** [31 May 2024 08:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827 "2024-05-31T08:04:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bastien\_Siebman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/bastien_siebman/32/172354_2.png) [@Bastien\_Siebman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bastien_Siebman)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2024 08:04 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827/1 "2024-05-31T08:04:51Z")

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![Simple Motivational Quote Facebook Post](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/asana/original/3X/e/0/e089c81f3143ea11eafac0d956ba2fcce55bc04e.jpeg)

Having an empty Asana inbox is great, don’t get me wrong. But what’s interesting is not necessarily the empty inbox itself. At least not at first. What’s interesting is the journey, the challenge. Especially if you struggle to reach inbox zero.

If you can’t reach Inbox zero, you have other problems.

- You might be involved with too many topics.
- People might go after your approval on too many things.
- You might be a collaborator on tasks in a template, when you shouldn’t be.
- You might be giving your opinions on things you should trust other people to do.
- Your Asana space might be missing a good priorization system.
- You might be notified about new tasks being added to projects because you don’t know you can disable those notifications.
- You might simply have too much on your plate.

The overflowing Inbox is the result, not the root cause. Find the root cause.

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**Bastien, Asana Expert**  
**[iDO](https://bit.ly/3AoRqWH)** [(Asana Partner: Services & Licenses)](https://bit.ly/3AoRqWH)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Grobler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/paul_grobler/32/100608_2.png) [@Paul\_Grobler](https://forum.asana.com/u/Paul_Grobler)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2024 10:44 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827/2 "2024-05-31T10:44:12Z")

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> [@Bastien\_Siebman](#):
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> If you can’t reach Inbox zero, you have other problems.

I 💯 % agree!

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**Author:** ![Rashad\_Issa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/rashad_issa/32/283198_2.png) [@Rashad\_Issa](https://forum.asana.com/u/Rashad_Issa)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2024 18:53 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827/3 "2024-05-31T18:53:05Z")

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Amen to that: overflowing inbox is the result not the root cause 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Pearson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/asana/user_avatar/forum.asana.com/chris_pearson/32/75112_2.png) [@Chris\_Pearson](https://forum.asana.com/u/Chris_Pearson)\
**Post date:** [5 June 2024 13:50 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/an-empty-inbox-is-not-the-goal-but/820827/4 "2024-06-05T13:50:52Z")

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@Bastien_Siebman thank you for this, in our team, we have a range of people whose email Inboxes range from Zero to Inbox 46,251 Unread (that may be me), however, we are all Asana Inbox Zero because as well as your list, we have implemented the following practices as a team:

- Set the filter to only include @ mentions.
- Use follow-up tasks (tab+shift+f) for any post that cannot be dealt with when reviewing the inbox.
- Being intentional about who is @'d on a task, comment or status post.
- Prioritising Asana Inbox over Email Inbox.