One address for platforms and buyers, one for everything else. That is the system. The rest is just rules.
Why two
Because a single inbox means a buyer's message sits beside a school newsletter, and you stop opening either. Separation is also the anonymity boundary: the work address never appears anywhere real.
Which is which
- Work address: platforms, buyers, payouts, the spreadsheet backup
- Personal: everything that already existed
The rules
- Work address gets no notifications on your phone
- Work address is never used to log into anything personal
- Two-factor on the work address, app-based
- Check it at set times, not on arrival
The point: a work inbox you open twice a day is one you can close. An inbox that pings is one that follows you into the kitchen.
Setup detail is in the checklist, block two.