13 messages

I finally sat here for a good hour and cleared the emails in my hotmail inbox.  My god it was such a chore and I was dreading it.  Within the last 2 months I have come to HATE email yet I'm overly obsessed with it at the same time.  I was tempted to open a new email account altogether and only forward the address to a selected few who do not clutter my inbox with useless spam.  I am now down to 13 messages from 294 which is not bad but let's see how long it stays this neat.  Notice I said "cleared" and not "organized".  The number of folders on the left have grown to such a ridiculous number that I actually need to scroll down to see the last folder.  I barely look at these folders so I know they are not needed.  Yet still, I can't manage to delete everything without going through each email first.  It's the "what if one day I'll need that" mentality that is prolonging the cleaning process.

My work email is even worse.  It is such a pain in the ass when I open my email on a Monday morning and have 3 emails telling me my inbox is reaching full capacity.  So before I can do anything else, I need to sit there and clear my inbox or else I won't be able to send out any emails all day.  First I don't understand why I am being copied on some of these emails when it really doesn't affect me or my work.  Second, did you know that when you receive a meeting request and it's saved on your calendar that it also takes up space?  I actually had to go back and delete all my meeting requests for the past year.

The only positive thing about email is that it's been very useful during my wedding planning process.  Since I work full-time during the week, most of my planning is done on the weekends when most of the vendors are closed.  So in this sense, email has become my best friend because it allows me to keep open communication with my vendors.  Other than that, email is evil.