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Catch up after time off without drowning
Back from holiday to hundreds of emails. Get a first-morning plan, search tricks to find what matters and questions for whoever covered.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me catch up after time off. Time away: [e.g. two weeks] Roughly waiting: [e.g. 300 emails, 40 chat messages] Meetings this week: [list] Deadlines this week: [list] Who covered for me: [name, or nobody] Email app I use: [e.g. Outlook, Gmail] Before you start, ask me up to 3 short questions if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. A first-morning plan in 30-minute blocks. 2. Triage rules: what to read first, what to skim, what to archive without reading. Give me search ideas for my email app to find the important ones, like messages from my manager or with my name in them. 3. Five questions to ask the person who covered. 4. A short message to my team saying I'm back and how to reach me with anything urgent. 5. Which of my meetings I could skip or shorten this week, and why. Use only what I've told you. UK English. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. e.g. two weeks: a short note you already have. e.g. 300 emails, 40 chat messages: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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