Hit 10,000 unread emails and felt my stomach drop

I mean, I knew I was behind but I didn't think it was that bad. Opened my inbox yesterday morning before school and saw 10,004 unread, mostly newsletters and old thread chains I never unsubscribed from. It hit me that this is the number I've been ignoring for basically 6 years, so it's not just clutter, it's this weird mountain of decisions I never made. Has anyone else crossed a round number like that and just froze instead of cleaning it out?

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brooke7125d ago

Try the 4-day rule: anything older than 4 days gets deleted without a second thought. It's the only thing that got me past 5,000, and now I just archive everything after a week.