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Post by desposito on Jan 22, 2024 19:34:17 GMT -5
Once again, only worked on emails, I still am a little less each day, but not by a lot.
My oldest email is 12/29/20, so I soon will be able to say goodbye to 2020, none too soon!
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Jan 26, 2024 10:12:24 GMT -5
yay for progress, everypony!
109 emails deleted today
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Post by mylittlescholar on Jan 31, 2024 15:47:03 GMT -5
Today I deleted 248 emails and unsubbed from three or four more lists
10,221 left to go!
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Post by desposito on Feb 2, 2024 18:27:20 GMT -5
Once again, I only worked on deleting emails. I did read a couple of old emails from when I subscribed to McAfee suggesting I do things and I can't tell if this is something included in my subscription or if I have to pay extra. And I don't know what the things mean anyway so I just ignored the emails...
I did have a couple days when the handyman was going to visit that I didn't end the day at a lower email number than before but I deleted a lot today so now I'm below where I was on those days. My oldest email is 1/10/21, which is just one month later than last time but it does mean all the 2020 messages are gone!
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 6, 2024 9:43:15 GMT -5
Deleted 52 + 114 = 166 emails today.
I heard of a method of decluttering digital stuff by reviewing things done "this day, previous years." Especially helpful for photos.
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Post by desposito on Feb 9, 2024 10:34:29 GMT -5
this day, previous years
That's funny scholar, because a couple of weeks ago I started getting emails from, I guess, Microsoft, saying "your memories from this day" and showing me photos I took from some particular day. It's weird because besides photos I took, they also include photos of bands if I copied a song from a CD to the computer that day.
I've been making a conscious effort to delete more emails, what I'm doing is going back a week because for the last week emails are shown as the day they came in, rather than the date. So I go back to the last one listed as a day of the week and try to delete those. Then I also pick a random month and a type of email, like plant related or ones coming from the library. I don't know if that's more efficient, but it keeps my attention more than just looking for random ones to delete. But pretty soon I will be left with only hard book emails, those will take forever.
I also tend to look at recent and oldest, so I checked out some months that are sort of in the middle and found months that have a lot of easy ones, so this week I hope to go do those in one big sweep, that will delete a few hundred at one time.
I'm still making sure that the number goes down each day, even if it's only by a few, and my oldest now is 2/1/2020.
I did make a feeble attempt to start reading a chapter in my Office book, but took it to my reading chair in the other room and didn't get very far before realizing I have to read it next to the computer so I can see what they're talking about. So maybe I'll try that again this week.
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 12, 2024 19:30:34 GMT -5
it's been challenging to focus, but I did get 165 more emails deleted and unsubbed from a couple more lists. Not sure if I am keeping up with the inflow right now.
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Post by desposito on Feb 15, 2024 13:35:34 GMT -5
I have continued to make sure my total emails goes down each day, my oldest is now 3/15/21. In my last post I mistakenly put a date back to 2/2020, it was actually 2/2021. I do not want to relive 2020...
Finally this morning I took my book and sat at the computer and spent 30 minutes reading a section about OneDrive. Of course it was more understandable while looking at the computer, although I read the entire section and did not get the answers to my main questions about using it. So further research is needed, but at least I have started.
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 17, 2024 10:32:54 GMT -5
good for you, Diane!
I deleted 83 emails, created new folders and moved some recent emails to them, and unsubbed from a couple deliveries.
I'm scared to move my action items emails to an action items folder, because I haven't been doing my weekly processing for a couple years, now. but honestly my current practice is unreliable as well.
baby steps, I guess? and that's what this thread is for; to help me establish some functional routines.
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 20, 2024 10:52:54 GMT -5
I've been working on financial goals, which includes some digital decluttering. Specifically, reviewing my payment histories in my checking accounts and with paypal. I discovered I had unsubbed from something I wasn't sure about, and had not from another thing that I though I had.
my inbox is getting leaner. I'm also excited to be moving email that are records into their own folder instead of letting them sit and clog up the works.
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 23, 2024 10:40:07 GMT -5
deleted 64 emails and moved some more to storage files.
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Post by desposito on Feb 23, 2024 13:16:55 GMT -5
Scholar, action items/to do lists are hard to get into a habit with--there are all kinds of systems and software to keep lists, but in the end, if we don't DO the things on the list, no system will help. It took me a long time just to make myself LOOK at my lists on a regular basis--and the only one I look at every single day is the list designated most important. The others I make sure I look at on a regular basis, but lots of the things on my lists linger for months or even years because I never get around to doing them. The thing that works best for me though is having to at least read my lists on a regular basis, with a reminder set to do so--I don't always do it on the exact day (except for the daily list, which isn't too long) but if I'm at least reading the extensive lists I can catch things that are becoming more important or time-sensitive. Or, get tired of seeing something on the list and admit that I'll never do it and remove it. I know I will always have lists that are way longer than what I'm able to do--I would rather have high expectations and be interested in doing many things, even if I don't get to all/most of them, rather than be bored with my life and say I have nothing to do!
This week I read a little more about OneDrive online. I still don't have the answers to my questions, but each article I read gives me a little more information.
I also realized there's another digital challenge for me--my Kindle. I've had the thing for a couple of years now, and only recently realized that in order to make permanent changes to the books on there I have to do it from the Amazon website, not the Kindle itself--even though on the Kindle there are options that should let me make the changes. This is mainly for library books, which is mostly what I read on there--I have very few purchased books on it. When the library book is returned, the image of the book stays on the Kindle list, maybe because people makes notes and highlight things, and if you take the book out again it retains those notes. Well, I don't make notes on library books, and I don't want the large number of books that I am finished with sitting in my list. I keep clicking on "remove from Kindle", but the next time I turn it on, the cover image is often back there--it drives me crazy. So I need to go to the Amazon site and figure out how to remove these titles for good.
Where I made progress this week was on emails--because I was distracted and couldn't make myself do anything else, I went through many months of emails and removed over 1,000 of them. Unfortunately, only about 100 were difficult ones, but seeing that number go down so much was motivating. My oldest email is from 4/25/21.
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Feb 29, 2024 9:29:58 GMT -5
That is so true, Diane! congrats on getting through so many emails! especially last month.
I've been overwhelmed with emails coming in, lately. too many decision to make! why are all of these people bugging me? Need to do some more unsubbing. Maybe I should just make a FOMO folder.
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I just set up archive folders for the last ten years, and moved everything but this year's emails into their respective folders. I think this will make it slightly less overwhelming. i.e. it will be easier to delete old financial info without having to read the emails, etc.
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Post by desposito on Feb 29, 2024 15:27:40 GMT -5
The only thing I worked on this week was deleting emails, I am steadily seeing the total going down. The oldest one now is from 6/29/21.
Diane
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Post by mylittlescholar on Mar 1, 2024 12:56:35 GMT -5
107 emails deleted 6 archived 4 or so unsubs
I am liking my new files set up. My new goal is to get 2024 to zero! I have 87 left which might require action. Then I can start working on the earlier years.
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