Category: lifehack

Gmail Happy Hack

Have you had a rough day lately? Don’t worry, me too. I created a quick hack to cheer up any day.

happy face on shed

1- Create a label in Gmail called ‘happy’
2- Any time you get an email that is positive, label it happy and archive it.
3- Whenever you are not happy go to that label and read one of those emails.

Enjoy! What else do you to cheer yourself up?

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14 Responses to “Gmail Happy Hack”

  • The Financial Ladder
    April 4th, 2007
    10:22 am

    Hmm, interesting idea. Did you come up w/ that one all on your own? How many e-mails do you have in YOUR happy folder?

  • Noah Kagan
    April 4th, 2007
    10:24 am

    I just thought of this 2 weeks ago. I have around 4 emails in there so far. I haven’t had to use it yet but they are there just in case.

  • Shivani
    April 4th, 2007
    10:25 am

    i just search: noah in my inbox and read any of those emails ;)

  • Noah Kagan
    April 4th, 2007
    10:34 am

    Shivani,

    Tear drop….

  • sri
    April 4th, 2007
    10:41 am

    brilliant. absolutely brilliant.

    I am going to do that. ur a smart mofo! Let me send u a positive email soon so that i am guaranteed a spot in ur special folder.

  • sri
    April 4th, 2007
    10:44 am

    i also created a label called ‘Shivani’. I am now going archive tax and accounting related emails under that label.

  • Noah Kagan
    April 4th, 2007
    10:49 am

    Sri,

    I always know your comments/emails are going to make me smile!

  • Will Kern
    April 4th, 2007
    12:38 pm

    Very simple, very clever! Can you send me something funny so I can get the happiness going?
    Perhaps you can set up a pissed off label as well so that when you are frustrated and need to vent, you can read an e-mail that you ripped into someone and it makes you feel vindicated, oh that is evil!

    Will

    BTW, Sri, I have some catchin’ up to do to knock you off the number one spot!

  • Christie
    April 4th, 2007
    12:45 pm

    I need a happy folder today! Great idea….

    What else do I do to cheer myself up?

    Online shopping…. bad habit, but when the UPS driver pulls up I am oh so happy. :-)

    Christie

  • Shivani
    April 4th, 2007
    1:18 pm

    Sri,

    I’m not a tax accountant…we already had this discussion, so please stop being a little bitch :) haha!

  • Jon
    April 4th, 2007
    1:50 pm

    haha i love this idea!

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  • Tony
    April 4th, 2007
    7:52 pm

    Should train WordPress’ Akismet to distinguish between “happy” emails and not. Then after a while I could read only the happy emails, slowly drifting away into a world of ignorant bliss.

  • pinecool
    April 4th, 2007
    9:22 pm

    that’s kind of cute, actually, and not a bad idea

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