I was on a vacation and just got back to multiple important slack messages, emails, updates and notifications from communities channels.
Any pointers on how best to get on top of it?
There's no easy way to get back on track to be honest. My strategy is to increase my catching up gradually.
On my first day, I try to clean up my internal messaging channels, I don't go in-depth in the messages but rather read diagonally, to make sure there wasn't anything important, on top of that, I take customer calls if there are any, but I pay close attention to not overload myself with customer calls (they shouldn't take more than 40% of my time that day). If I still have time on the first day, then I start going through my email, starting with the very first email that I've received in this timeframe.
The second day, I start with the email, my target is usually to dedicate around half of my day to email and the other half, between calls and internal meetings.
With this strategy, it usually takes 3 to 4 days to recover, if you don't, don't push yourself. You'll get there and everything will be fine.
Hi Rucha! I'd say just take it easy and focus. Don't try to catch up that fast, but make yourself the time to do it step by step (avoiding distractions) and in a few days you'll be up to date.
@rucha_joshi8 Not in a while, to be honest. I took a week off a few months ago and it was already difficult to catch up; so I imagine 2 weeks to be a lot harder! Hope you get there soon :)
@rucha_joshi8 it's definitely heavy task, especially after long break. Last time that I took that kind of break was this summer, and it took me almost one week to get back on track.
I would say the key to doing it properly is to take time to get back and not getting yourself overwhelmed with all the tasks and messages. Start slow and increase the pace gradually. At least, it always works for me this way