Get Out of My Inbox!

As I wrote about earlier, I like to hold on to things that are interesting to me. I don't see this as bad, just as a characteristic that needs some discipline.

Since my last blog, I have seen the fruit of opting out of those unread email lists.
I cleaned out my inbox of 7600+ emails.

If you think that is bad, that is with my deleting email almost every day

AND...
That was only about 6 months of email.

AND...
My deleted items were 11,000+ for fewer months than that.

AND...
That does not include the email that is filtered into the folders I've set up.


It took me quite a while to opt out of all of them, but I cut them out with a vengance.

I guess it was writing down my frustration in the earlier blog that gave me whatever I needed to realize that I wasn't going to miss out on something special if I closed communication with some of these people. (I know that sentence is too long, but I'm not going to change it)

I don't need Target sending me an emails every week telling me I can get 10% off my online order.

Even in the realm of learning things for business, I was receiving so many emails that I wasn't reading any of them You can never really catch up when things get like that.

Some of these internet marketers are sending emails on a near daily basis. One of them said they sent out there newsletters 15 times a month. Good Grief!

The whole delete button idea didn't work either. I used to spend so much time deleting the bad stuff that I couldn't get a chance to read the good stuff (hence the full inbox). Having a toddler doesn't give you big blocks of time to check your email, either.

It has been very freeing to have control over my email. It gives me motivation to get other information sources under control, and I believe it has been a factor in the successes I have seen this week.

I must say that I am on a roll.

What else can I delete out of my life?

I'm feeling bold so I will attempt the greatest of the dejunking feats.. PAPER (OOH! GASP!!)

Can I be so brazen to attempt this?!

Stay tuned...

Here's to your Journey,

Deborah