Inbox Zen: How to Politely Decline Cold Emails and Reclaim Your Focus
2 min readOct 27, 2023
In today’s world, getting distracted by notifications, emails, and other interruptions is easy. But, as someone who values deep work, I know how challenging it can be to manage an inbox full of cold and marketing emails.
While I appreciate the effort that goes into crafting these messages, responding to them can take up valuable time and derail my focus. That’s why I’ve created a simple, generic response template that I can use to politely decline these offers and opt out of any follow-up emails.