Guess what I did today?


I opened my email account this morning and waited while 348 emails loaded. Three hundred. Forty. Eight. And that is not an unusual occurrence. I decided right then and there to extend my recent cleaning frenzy to my computer. I unsubscribed from a bazillion emails!

You know the ones - you see them in your inbox every day. And every day you hit "delete" without opening them.

I have no idea why I subscribed to them in the first place. I don't even remember if I did subscribe to them.

Why haven't I unsubscribed before now?

I confess that it all boils down to two reasons:
  1. Laziness - it's just too much bother. I don't want to fill out a survey, check or uncheck boxes, write an essay, draw a picture, or win a prize. Good grief just let me unsubscribe and get on with my life.
  2. I'm afraid I'll miss something. Yep. I need to be in the know. What if there is a great sale tomorrow and that email is the only place I'll learn about it? What if someone asks me, "Hey - did you see that great sale at {insert name of cool shoe store} the other day? I got 20 pairs of shoes for $20!" I might never forgive myself.
I know they're counting on these things. They're sneaky. But not sneaky enough. I know I'm being played. And it annoys me. But apparently not enough to make me unsubscribe.

But no more - not today. I have a mouse and I'm not afraid to use it. I'm living on the wild side now. You know, the wild side where there are only 200 incoming emails instead of 348...
Kim
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