Step 1: Set a timer and open one list
Set a 15 minute timer and open a single view of everything unread. If you have several accounts, use a unified inbox so you are not hopping between apps. The timer matters: it turns an open-ended chore into a short task with an end.
Step 2: Sort in the first three minutes
Skim senders and subjects only, and put every email into one of four piles: needs a reply from you, needs an action later, only to read, or nothing. Delete or archive the last pile right away. Do not open anything yet. Most inboxes are more than half nothing.
Step 3: Answer the quick ones first
Reply to anything you can answer in under two minutes, now. Short replies close loops, and a closed loop is one less thing you carry around. Keep each reply to the point: the answer, any date or number needed, and a sign off.
Step 4: Park the rest with a date
For emails that need real thought, do not leave them in the inbox as a vague worry. Snooze them to a specific day or put the task on your calendar, then archive the email. The inbox becomes a place for new mail, not a storage room.
Step 5: Close the app until tomorrow
When the timer ends, close the inbox. Turn off notifications for everything except the people you named as important. If something truly urgent comes up, a phone call will find you. Repeat the same routine tomorrow, and the pile stays small.
Where Curo fits
The slow part of this routine is step 2, the sorting. Curo does it for you: it reads every email across your accounts, scores each from 1 to 10 for how much it needs you, clears away noise and phishing, and drafts replies in your voice. You start your 15 minutes with the short list already made.