WHEW! I have been deleting emails from my Gmail account like crazy today and unsubscribing like CRAZY from lists that I’ve signed up for over the past couple of years since I did my last clean out.
How do you keep the email clutter under control? I use Gmail, so sometimes I tag things and archive them…
My biggest problem has been signing up for a million different Yahoo groups, deal emails, blog email notifications, and contests that put you on their newsletter and then never unsubscribing! I literally just deleted over 16,000 emails and I am nowhere NEAR done!!
My next big challenge is going to be to make myself a nice and neat Google Calendar so I can start an editorial calendar so I can keep track of all the great reviews, giveaways, blog hops, photo challenges, and RAQs that I need to get up on my blog each day. I hate always feeling like I’m missing something, so I think it will help!
So how do you stay organized in the virtual world? I would love some tips and advice!!
I try to keep my inbox empty at all times. The only emails that sit in my inbox are ones that I need to follow up with at a later date. As soon as I open an email I do one of a couple things; reply, file it, or delete.
Here is a sight that gives some good tips on it http://zenhabits.net/email-zen-clear-out-your-inbox/
Once every few months when I have extra time I go through my folders and delete anything older than a year or no longer needed. I have three email accounts but the same is true for each account.
i have 3 emails. one for junk and that rarely gets read one for junk that i MAY need to read and then my personal email.