In what has to be seen as a huge accomplishment for me, prior to leaving for vacation I actually managed to clean out all of my inboxes for all of my e-mail accounts. This is pretty exciting, actually. I have an inbox for my day job and another one for my website company – plus I have a third one for my teaching gig at the local university. Then I have my two personal inboxes which are perpetually filled with messages that I need to address.

E-mail inboxes are a pain in the ass. Sometimes I get into the office in the morning I don’t even open up my inbox for the first hour or two because you can get so bogged down in answering e-mails. The negative aspect of this, though, is that you get backed up with your messages like I was for the last few months. However, I spent a great deal of time before leaving for vacation just sitting behind the computer and answering all of the messages that were building up – from the mundane to the important.

The worst part about letting the messages build up, though, is that sometimes you have an important message that gets lost in the mix – I hate when that happens. Anyway, since this entry is rambling at this point I’ll wrap it up. I just wanted to say that I was glad to get my inbox cleared out. It’s like having a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders so I suggest that if you get a chance, you try to spend some time cleaning out your inboxes, too!