Saturday, September 4, 2010

Simplify...

The other day, Dennis and I were at a meeting where the gentleman we were meeting with was going to e-mail us some information.  Thus ensued the debate: whose e-mail should he send the info to? I, of course, thought mine; Dennis overruled and said his, because he doesn't get nearly as many messages as I do. I had to agree.

So, when I got home I took a long hard look at my e-mail messages...all 3,751 of them.  Really??  3,751??? That made me think...was I ever going to read all those messages?  So I spent almost an hour deleting them all.  I've made a promise to myself that I will not have more than one page of messages. In Google mail, which is the program I use, that means 50 total.  Currently, I have 17 unread and 45 total messages.  I unsubscribed from tons of lists and advertising offers.  It actually feels good...sort of like after you're done cleaning house and before you mess it up again.

2 comments:

  1. Simplifying in any way has to be a good thing in my book.

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  2. Amen, sister! I find myself opting-out of many of the websites I used to subscribe to (mostly quilting sites). I don't mind getting an e-mail from them every couple of weeks, but when they're sending one every day - and it's full of a bunch of nothing! - it's just too much.

    Long live simplifying!!

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