I was thinking, while reading Chapter 4, that while I have used e-mail for some time, I never have felt the need to be a slave to it, as so many people seem to be. There was a time, not so long ago, that it would not be unusual for me to go days or even weeks without ever looking at my e-mail. Needless to say, it also wasn't unusual to find a mountain of messages waiting for me when I let too much time pass between log-in's. This never bothered me too much since most of what I found there was what I considered "mental litter'...advertising and coupons from stores I frequented, forwarded jokes or inspirational messages from my contacts, solicitations from political or social groups that I expressed an interest in, newsletters, the occasional Nigerian Sting, and every once in a while, something pertinent. I probably spent as much time hitting the delete button as I did reading all that stuff!
These days, I suddenly found myself juggling multiple e-mail addresses from multiple e-mail services. Between my personal one, my work one, my store one, and most recently, my school one, this had the potential to be a recipe for disaster for a e-mail slacker like me!
I mentioned in a previous post that I had acquired my first smart phone. I gotta say.. that phone, which I was only mildly interested in, has become a great e-mail management system for me! I am happy to report that my e-mail accounts are being attended to quite regularly these days! There is something almost liberating about the ability to delete the junk almost instantaneously while knowing that I am not missing anything crucial.
How I wish I could manage the rest of my life as easily as I can now manage my e-mail(s)! How do you manage?
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