clean out my email

both of my email accounts have been emptied

I have almost 700 emails in my inbox, and 400 unread in a folder from a yahoo group. I really want to read the ones from the group, and I really want to go through the ones in the inbox, deleting the ones that will never matter, filing the ones I might need, and actually doing something with the content on the rest. This may be in the same category as, oh, cleaning the roof with a toothbrush. Not really necessary or a good use of time. But I feel bad when I see so many just sitting there, and I can’t quite bring myself to just delete them all and start fresh. Also, I may be avoiding work on cleaning up my piles of papers. Hmmmph. But I’m going to put it here and give it a shot anyway.

it was so full i couldn’t receive messages until i cleaned it enough. it’s bordering on comfortably full right now…so it’s definitely time for a complete clean up.

I deleted a whole lot of messages last night, and sorted many others into folders. Once the inbox is clear, I’ll go through the folders and cull further.

I deleted over 800 email messages from my main inbox. I’m down to about 300 or so now! They should be fairly easy to deal with this week. Then it’s on to my friends and family box. These are the difficult ones. I’ll have to save any important photos, addresses, e-mail updates, etc. Hopefully, I can cross this goal off by the end of the week.

I’m down to 204 in my msn inbox.

This cleaning may take me a month to do. Why? Because I want to get it done. It’s not just about organizing; it’s really about giving stuff up. This is trickier than it sounds. It’s the same trick I need to perform to thin out My Paper Collection. Rather than tickle everything and decide not to throw it out because I think I’ll need it for something I’m never going to do, I’m actually going to throw out the email I’ve accumulated and sort out what remains. I’m giving myself a full month to get this done with the expectation that if I do a little bit every day for 31 days, I’ll add this “thing” to the “I’ve done this” pile.”

every few days just…select”all” and delete. mad fuckin easy

the rest are filed and I’m tired of looking at this goal.

I’ve deleted the ones that I have no idea why I saved, I filed the ones that I can…but now I need to figure out how to move the ones that I need to save to the proper program on my hard drive. The way I’ve always done it is too time consuming.