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How SPRING BREAK Help Me

by astnpwrz
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Havent posted a thread in a while but I felt like this one was worth it. Im 24 years old, I dont work for anyone else, and some of my friends are still in college. So we decided to go to panama city one last time for spring break.

Long story short, we had a BLAST for 5 days and came home yesterday. My business was the last thing on my mind, thats what I call a real vacation. But when I came to check my emails...i had hundreds. I have several email accounts and they were absolutely flooded.

But the weird thing is they werent flooded with many business related emails, but with affiliate offers, promotions for live events and some junk mail as well. I am on a few peoples list that I feel are valuable, but Im also on waaayyy too many lists I never take a second glance at, much less buy from.

Time to detox the inbox again. It makes life your much easier and organized. Its worth the 30 (or less) minutes it takes to do so. My advice, trim the fat around your email addresses.

Thank you to those who read. Cheers!!
#break #spring
  • Profile picture of the author LukasLarsson
    I just trimmed all of my email lists, and I must say that it has had a positive impact on productivity, and doesn't make me as annoyed in the morning as my inbox used to.
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  • Profile picture of the author LauraJames
    I fully agree about the benefits of "detoxing the inbox." My business e-mail address has been added to numerous marketing lists, and the same thing has happened to other people who work for my company. Sometimes, a few marketers will keep sending messages even though I have already unsubscribed from their list. Thankfully, it is only a few who chose to keep sending messages. Most will remove my information the first time I request this.

    By the way, I am glad you had a nice spring break. My children have theirs in early April 2011.
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  • Profile picture of the author steveo
    Yeah you pick up any girls man? The beach and spring break is where it's at, sounds like a lot of fun!~ Do you feel more motivated to get back into work guys?
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  • Profile picture of the author officer_iron
    Ya it's easy to start subscribing to lots of things and before you know it, you are up to your eyeballs in email. It's detrimental too because you can waste valuable time in your email account for usually no benefit.
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  • Profile picture of the author O0o0O
    Glad you had fun at spring break man. I haven't deleted emails for a few years now. I have like over 50,000 emails in my inbox now. Thank goodness I have unlimited storage.
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  • Profile picture of the author VOnline
    Vacation!
    Hehe, manage your emails!
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