what’s your system for follow ups, scheduling, and admin work?
last week i forgot to follow up on an important email for like 3 days because it got buried under newsletters, random notifications, calendar invites, and other operational stuff
made me realize how much small businesses/founders basically operate off inboxes + memory
curious how other founder-operators handle this kind of thing day to day
not really talking about strategy/growth more just the operational side:
- customer/client emails
- follow ups
- scheduling
- approvals
- reminders
- trying not to let important things slip
do you actually have a system for this or does it mostly just live in your head?
would genuinely love hearing about stuff that slipped before and caused stress/problems