We’ve written here before about organizing your life, de-cluttering and many other ways to streamline your household. There is one other spot that you may not have looked to for that “neat & organized” high – your computer. Particularly – your inbox.
If you’re anything like me, your inbox is a list of emails that have nowhere to go. Either you need to act on them, need to file them away, or need to delete them – they’re there, just waiting. Looking at you, maybe winking with that “Tee hee hee – I’m clutter” stare they seem to wear oh so well.
So, let’s do this. Let’s make a mockery of the mess you call an inbox and let’s get it organized.
- Delete. Delete. Delete. Now I know there are plenty of emails in that pile that you just don’t need. So go on, rifle through the mess and clear out the immediate clutter now.
- File. Move those needed emails into proper folders for future use. Go on now, you can do this too.
- Take inventory of what’s left. Can you delete more? Move something you might need to a miscellaneous file?
Using this strategy, I went from over 200 emails in my inbox to zero. Not zero unread, zero. Clutter affects you whether it’s physical junk, emotional junk or digital junk. Do yourself a favor and clear it out, we dare you. You’ll feel better.
Next stop, the Photo folder!
