Hour#13-14 : Mail Mail Mail

"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler..."
Henry David Thoreau

Can't really do much about the email I receive (apart from keeping my emails off sites so those evil spambots don't get hold of it) but I can control the stuff I save.

My sent items was overflowing with very old correspondence and was brimming at about the four and half thousand mark.

On trains, planes and during some down time that number has been whittled down by over three quarters (it's an ongoing process still).

I've also started using a much better 'filing' system through the use of dated folders and more importantly a kick-ass CRM tool called Highrise (which basically orders and assigns all my email to the individuals and contacts involved in the communication, hosting it all in the cloud and off my machine).

How do you ensure there is clutter in your inbox/email system?

Minimising Takes Time

“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
Mahatma Gandhi

After a well deserved break for the Christmas and New Year period I've struggled to get back into my decluttering.

Life (well, more truthfully, work) seems to be bleeding all free time at the moment. Which leads me to think I should be adding work as another area to focus my decluttering on (although I am one of those lucky people who loves what they do and it truly doesn't feel like work).

It's a simple case of priorities I guess, creating and dedicating the time to decluttering (as I've a far way to go).

Just thinking out loud here guys and feel free to kick my ass if I'm lagging... normal service will now resume!