A Good Alternative To Email Bankruptcy Using Gmail.

More and more I am hearing about people doing this thing we call Email Bankruptcy. That’s when you delete your entire GMAIL box and start over from scratch, kind of like Chapter 11.

Myself, I am sitting on around 42k+ Gmail emails, with 14k unopened in my Gmail. In fact, I checked with 2 other friends who have similar numbers.

I have about 7 email addresses that I use, which I forward to my Gmail account, so there are reasons why it is constantly overflowing. Some of these are business emails for my companies. So, it is what it is and it keeps on coming in. A lot of these are system messages or WordPress messages or other tech messaging as well since I manage servers and software.

I have heard of people who clear their inboxes every day. Quite honestly good for you! If you have a cleared inbox, not one email in there to review, it tells me something about you. We are just different birds of a feather.

For the business and life I lead, I feel I need to be on a certain number of email lists, like networking events, organizations, businesses, or industry newsletters. I also like to track some deals with some places I buy. I also have kids and their schools have emails they send on a…