Most of us receive far more email than we want, and certainly more than we need. Many people spend hours each day answering or reading email. Many more feel the weight of guilt about the hundreds (or perhaps thousands) of unanswered emails sitting in their inbox.

A few years ago, my wife and I traveled to the UK. While we were there, I had limited access to the Internet, especially while we were in Edinburgh, Scotland.

I was basically limited to the half-hour I had each morning in a small Internet café. It was there that I learned it was possible to deal with email in 30 minutes a day. I currently budget 33 minutes each day to deal with business email. You can easily do the same.In the spirit of full disclosure, I must confess I only stick to this limit about 70 to 80% of the time.

And I will also let you know that personal, family email is a different matter. Although I don’t spend a lot of time on email on the whole, I take extra time to craft a meaningful exchange family and friends. Frankly, though, I usually try to move those discussions to the telephone.

But yes, I do handle my business email in just 33 minutes a day. Here’s how I do it.

Question: what about you? What tips do you have that speed the task of processing your email each day?