From Overwhelm Inbox 📥❌ to Organised Bliss ✅🧘 — Bibek's Email-Management system using JSM 💡

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For the past 2 years, I’ve been quietly running a reliable, no-subscription-needed system to stay on top of credit card bills, maintenance payments, and a dozen other life tasks — all using Jira Service Management + Gmail + automation.

Yes it was two years back in July 2023, and I have incrementally added all of my recurring email reminders to the list.

It’s helped me:

• 📨 Auto ticket creation from filtered email IDs

• 📎 Attachments stored with the ticket — no more inbox archaeology

• ⏰ Reminders before due dates with simple automation rules

• 📱 Push notifications via Jira mobile app so I don’t miss a beat

And honestly? I thought it was just my own geeky setup — until Gmail ran out of storage and forced me to revisit (and now share!) the setup.

Some mailbox configuration with filters:

All of this — yes, even the automation magic — on the free tier of Jira Service Management. 

And guess what? I’ve been using Jira not just for tracking bills but for some other tasks like income tax filing and other yearly/quarterly recurring tasks too.

It’s not that fun like it sounds when you actually act on the tasks, I promise😅💸

Ever built your own “life productivity stack”?

👇 Share your story (or horror story) in the comments — I’d love to learn from your creativity!

[Utkarsh Agarwal]

This is absolutely brilliant, @Bibek Behera 📬

Never thought of using JSM to tame personal admin chaos like credit card bills and IT returns. Smart use of email filters and automation — and all on the free tier? That's next-level productivity hacking. Bookmarking this for inspiration!

[Rishabh Jhawar]

That's absolutely brilliant, @Bibek Behera . You took productivity to the next level. You should probably start a series on this.