Though I've read this in many forms many times, I can never find it in my heart to take the advice seriously: stop checking your email. I suppose this could apply to any sort of information that is obsessively reviewed - your friend's feeds, your reader application (which is, by the way, where I was reading about this: http://www.technotheory.com/2009/02/little-bit-of-productivity-great-bit-of-happiness), and most definitely your email. Lots of folks encourage us to be smarter about staying informed - pick and choose the things you spend your time on and the people you spend your time with.
Easier said than done... though if I listened, maybe I'd have more time to read actual books?
