7 Reasons Why You Should Declutter Your Email Inbox

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Are you looking to declutter your email inbox at work or home?

Do you need some inspiration when it comes to why you should declutter your email inbox in the first place?

The process of decluttering your email inbox truly has some great benefits.

This is especially important because email isn’t going anywhere.

We use email every day in our daily lives at work, home, school, and beyond.

That’s why it’s so important for us to regularly declutter email.

In this blog post, I offer a collection of eleven reasons you should declutter your email inbox. 

If you need to declutter your email inbox, or have begun to think about the process, why not put things into motion?

Now is truly the perfect time to take action.

Hopefully, these eleven reasons will inspire you to take action, right now.

You’ll Easily find what you need. 

Let’s face it: a cluttered email inbox can be downright overwhelming.

You have to spend your time and energy sorting through outdated and unwanted emails

But what if you could easily find what you need in just a few seconds?

Imagine being able to pull up an important work email for an important meeting.

How about locating a recent clothing sales receipt so you can add it to your household budget?

Or what about reading a satisfying and juicy email from a good friend?

When you have less email in your inbox, you can easily locate what you need at any given moment.

You know what that means: less stress, less headaches, and less time wasted searching for messages.

You’ll have more space for Things that matter.

We all know our email inboxes hold messages, alerts, and updates from various aspects of our lives.

And that removing that which no longer serves us can be a smart habit.

Have you ever considered how decluttering your inbox can create more room for the things that matter in your life?

Create more room for things that matter? How could that possibly be?

Look at it this way…by removing items from your inbox, you’re effectively stating to yourself that you no longer have a need for items.

Now, what if you look at things on the flip side?

By creating more space in your inbox, you’re declaring you’re ready to have the things you do want flow into your existence.

Think about it for a moment, there’s tons of wonderful new relationships, travels, experiences, assignments, activities and more coming your way soon!

Just having this knowledge sit in the back of your mind can be an incredibly freeing and eye-opening experience.

That’s a completely different way of looking at things, now isn’t it?

You’ll hone your decluttering habits. 

You know the saying how things in one area of your life tend to spill over into other areas of your life?

Well, this is certainly one of those times when you want something like decluttering to spill over into other areas of your life!

The good news is that habits can be easily transferred.

And the skill of decluttering is no exception.

When you take the time to declutter your email, it can create a ripple effect on other areas of your life.

Now that you have a decluttered inbox, what other areas of your life would benefit from some decluttering action?

How about decluttering that clothes closet so you can easily get dressed in the morning?

Or tidying up your desk at work so you can find your favorite pens and notebooks in a pinch?

What if you rolled up your sleeves and decluttered a variety of items from your home so you could let your eyes rest on clean surfaces?

You never know what one small action can create in your life!

You’ve grown as a person. 

Believe it or not, you’ve grown as a person over the past several months.

Your tastes have changed, your goals have been updated, and your perception of the world is slightly different than from just a few months ago.

You’ve had new experiences, travelled to different places, participated in different activities, learned new skills, completed projects, and met new people.

What’s more, your digital life has probably changed, too.

You may have outgrown newsletters, stopped shopping at stores, changed jobs, or moved homes.

Isn’t it only fitting that your email inbox is decluttered and updated to reflect how you’ve changed as a person?

What is no longer serving you in your inbox right now that served you just a few weeks ago?

You won’t have to worry about email account limits. 

You may not think about it on a daily basis, but email account or storage limits sit in the back of your mind.

We all know there’s a finite amount of space in which to store items.

That’s the honest truth whether you’re working in the digital or the physical realm.

And when you declutter your email inbox, guess what?

Do you know what happens?

That long and slow burn of worry, anxiety, and dread is suddenly removed from your existence.

There’s no more need to stress out waking up to a stuffed inbox.

You no longer have to wonder how or when you’re going to clean things out.

This is truly a question worth asking: what would things be like if you didn’t have to worry about your email account limits?

You’re ready for a fresh start. 

Seeing the same countless messages, alerts, and updated in your inbox is well…the same old, same old.

If things have become a bit stale, boring, or repetitive in your life, then you can take steps to make things more interesting!

And that’s exactly where the process of decluttering comes in.

You can break free from your current situation and make changes for the better.

What can you do?

For starters, you can declare you are no longer going to suffer with the onslaught of incoming and existing messages.

Things are going to be different from this point forward.

You are going to be in control of your inbox, and not the other way around.

You’re ready to take back the reins and put your inbox in order.

And that can be a real pick-me-up if you’re looking to shake off that feeling of stagnation in your life’s activities.

You’ll feel accomplished. 

Feeling accomplished in today’s busy world can be challenging.

There’s always projects to work on, assignments to update, and errands to run.

But what if you could put your focus on a simple task…and actually accomplish something in a short amount of time?

Yes, the simple act of decluttering your email inbox can bring you instant relief.

You can clearly see you’ve decluttered 50 emails.

There’s fewer emails sitting in your inbox.

What’s more, you feel like you truly accomplished something during the day.

And that’s a feeling that can’t be faked or bought.

So what are you waiting for?

Your sweet feeling of accomplishment and relief is only a click away.

Indeed, decluttering simply feels good.

Give it a shot: you’re bound to feel better!

How about you? What concerns you when it comes to decluttering your email inbox? Which of the above points resonated with you most? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!

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About the Author

Rashelle

Rashelle Isip is a New York City-based productivity consultant who helps successful entrepreneurs and business owners manage their time and energy so they can reduce stress, work less, and make more money in their businesses. She has been featured in Fast Company, Forbes, NBC News, The Washington Post, NPR, and The Atlantic. Get her free guide, 5 Unexpected Things You Need to Organize a Work Notebook, by clicking here.

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