How often to you check your email? If you work in a techcentric environment, this question may seem odd as email becomes akin to breathing, an unconscious act that continues throughout the day. I'd like to suggest that there is a pleasure to email that overchecking can dullen. Read on.

Email can be pleasurable when it's surprising, when it delivers an anticipated response or when it relaxes the reader. Unfortunately, when we check email over and over again, our sense of email pleasure softens, making email another mundane task that takes up our time.

Today's GTD Insight is very simple- check email several times during the day but don't overcheck. The GTD practitioner knows how to strike the balance between getting his work done and still enjoying the little things, like a piece of good news delivered via email.