Shiiiit. Busted.

While I do have 1261 unread emails in my Inbox, they’re primarily from 2006-2007. And they are all retail spam, facebook notifications, and the like. I am not sure why my 22 year old self didn’t just mark them as read or delete them. My 27 year old self has improved. Thankfully, the sidebar doesn’t show the real damage…I have 5000+ total emails in my inbox.

::hangs head in shame::

I have a problem. I am an email pack-rat. I do not delete. I mean, what if I need that Amazon invoice from 2006?  Right?

Now, however, I feel self-conscious and motivated to clean out the inbox. Buuuut…I have absolutely no clue where to begin.

1. megbd reblogged this from menstrom and added:

   new email address when...email can’t handle anymore. That time is quickly approaching.

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7. kristenfromkansas said: omg, that makes me nervous just thinking about it. i have 63 emails in my gmail inbox and that is wayyy to many. what if i forget to reply to one or overlook the invoice for my electric bill?!?
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10. divinesecrets said: I hold on to emails, too! But I file or label them all into one of my 30 folders. BUT I read a study yesterday that said just searching your email was more effective than sorting into folders and saved a ton of time.
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    My favorite MLK quote. And words I live by. What if in the future someone drops by and says, “Do you remember what email...

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21. menstrom reblogged this from irishmexi and added:

    10355 in my Outlook inbox. 3741 in gmail (828 unread). Is there some sort of support group?

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    Why would you delete emails? It’s all about a searchable index of my pathetic existence, baby. 9679 and counting…

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29. irishmexi reblogged this from insearchofthesea and added:

    I, too, am an email pack-rat (I’m an actual pack-rat too but that’s a post for a different therapy session). I can’t...

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31. sotheresthat said: I don’t delete much either, but I put it all in folders so it’s not so overwhelming all in one place. Old invoices, though you seriously don’t need. Especially Amazon ones, I’m sure they’ve got all that history saved for you!
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