Lindsey's Musings

The Internet is constantly being supplied with new content for us computer-dwellers to devour but sometimes it feels like a full time job to actually stay on top of it all.  I have a constant stream of “unread” number counts constantly begging for my attention at every turn, and the fact that I recently got an iPhone hasn’t helped the situation.  Now the numbers follow me everywhere.  While my favorite papercraft blog may forgive me if I don’t view it for a couple of days, my uncle on Facebook is less than happy when I’ve let his message sit in my inbox neglected for a week.  And it’s not like I didn’t know it was there.  I even received an email notification to let me know on top of having been told in Facebook, but I’ve reached the point where those numbers and notifications have lost their urgency.  With a Gmail inbox that lets me keep everything, I’m used to big numbers and lots of unread mail and I’ve simply become numb to it all.

Well not quite. I felt bad enough a couple weeks ago to pull an “archive all” move which is basically the cleaning equivalent of just shoving it to the back of the closet.  Out of sight, out of mind right?  I’m not sure when I started letting the Internet defeat me, but I do know it’s time to turn it around and start taking charge.  It’s time to declutter my Internet life.  I plan to do this in two ways:  consolidate my intake and output points and prioritize.

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