Let’s face it, no matter how organized your inbox is, unless you’re hanging out in there all day every day (you should not, btw) you aren’t going to remember everything. So what do you do about the email reminders you get that have been buried and forgotten in the past? Like the appointments you missed, the school events you didn’t show up to, and the once-in-a-lifetime Meet and Greet with your fave author that slipped your mind… Received the purse you ordered and are already out showing it off? Trash! Cashed in that coupon for a free Bloomin’ Onion? Trash, trash, trash. This is something you can do while you’re in line to pick up your kiddo from school or while you’re waiting for your husband to just pick a damn pair of shoes to wear already! It’s just the freakin’ grocery store! #sneakerheadwifeĪll you’ll do is jump into your folders and trash anything that’s no longer relevant. I like to set an alarm on my phone to remind me once a month to go through and purge my Gmail folders. Yes, they are great for filing, but unless you keep them up each month, they’ll end up being even more of a disaster zone than what you started with. Look at you getting ahead of the game! Now that your inbox is wiped clean and you’ve got future emails redirected to their rightful home, you’ve got to be a little proactive about those shiny new folders you just created. *Psst, bonus points if you have a folder for Lela Burris | Organized-ish emails! I send out an email every Tuesday with sweet tips, tricks, and extra info you won’t find on the blog. You can make folders for whatever works best for you. Under Shopping, I have subfolders for Receipts, Tracking Numbers, and Discount Codes. Some of my subfolders under Family include Medical, Appointments, Events, and Important Documents. I use Gmail, but all email providers have some kind of categorization system. Then add in Subfolders nested under your main folders. ![]() And they hang out in there for so stinkin’ long. You leave all the the tracking numbers, receipts, appointments, recipes, and discount codes just sitting there in hopes you’ll delete them later. You know your habits, girlfriend, don’t lie to yourself. Before you even touch that giant list of emails loitering in your inbox, start by creating folders and subfolders.
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