Every Email Should Be 5 Sentences or Under. Trust us.

There’s probably not a professional in America who doesn’t feel like email is taking over his or her life, and who hasn’t spent the better part of an hour crafting an important message. Sound familiar?

Well, we’re big fans of keeping emails short and productive, so we loved coming across a simple rule that can solve both of those issues: Commit to making every message five sentences long — or less.

Sure, you could just commit to writing less or making your emails shorter, but there’s something about having a true limit that ensures you really stick to your goal. There’s also a site that’s built to help: five.sentenc.es. As it explains, “Treat all email responses like SMS text messages, using a set number of letters per response. Since it’s too hard to count letters, we count sentences instead.” Read more...