Do what works for you. I absolutely love email. I'll pick up the phone and call someone too, but most things I do aren't so urgent I need to call you and interrupt whatever you're doing right this second so that you can give me your full, undivided attention.
I use email to remind myself of things I need to follow up on, coordinate events, and keep new engagements in a single stream of consciousness. It works well for me.
I don't typically get to 0-inbox, I usually have maybe 10-30 emails in my inbox which are all read and are all there for a reason (listed above and more). I religiously unsubscribe from things (or don't subscribe in the first place) and I will admit it takes some work to keep organized.
I also have all notifications turned off and my email only fetches once/hour anyway. I actually get excited when I get new emails because typically there's something in progress and it's some sort of update or new information I can use to do something I want to do.
So there's nothing wrong with a no-email policy. But I there's also nothing wrong with email. Everything comes down to the processes YOU like and find the most beneficial.
The problem is geography. He wants to serve his constituents. Email makes it far too easy for people who aren't his constituents to take vast quantities of his and his staff's time.
I use email to remind myself of things I need to follow up on, coordinate events, and keep new engagements in a single stream of consciousness. It works well for me.
I don't typically get to 0-inbox, I usually have maybe 10-30 emails in my inbox which are all read and are all there for a reason (listed above and more). I religiously unsubscribe from things (or don't subscribe in the first place) and I will admit it takes some work to keep organized.
I also have all notifications turned off and my email only fetches once/hour anyway. I actually get excited when I get new emails because typically there's something in progress and it's some sort of update or new information I can use to do something I want to do.
So there's nothing wrong with a no-email policy. But I there's also nothing wrong with email. Everything comes down to the processes YOU like and find the most beneficial.