For complex reasons ( ID fraud) I'm almost too wary of sharing any address. Two writers' groups, WordPress, one real name, one pen,

Debbie - all powerful recommendations!

This is why I specifically mentioned making sure a thing is legit first. Unsubscribing is great for that newsletter you signed up for but never read. It also often works for that company you bought something from once, especially if it's a big enough company. Setting your Spam filters can also help, but you have to be careful it doesn't cut what you want as well as what you don't.

Thanks for reading, Denise! I hope the ideas help!

I've only got 3 main ones and 3 mostly unused ones. I've got one that I treat as my main archive and I send everything there that I want to save and search for. I've got a huge archive of important messages going back well over a decade. Very useful when I try to remember what I was working on for a client 5 years ago!

Wow! I'm so impressed with you right now, Lynette!

Woohoo, Lynette! Yay!

You just reclaimed a ton of your time and energy. And yes, they DO weigh on us! And they're not gone. Just not in the "must deal with now" pile.

Enjoy that creative space! I've done this with a whole bunch of authors in my classes and it is always life-changing.

Archive it all and start fresh, Cynthia. The things that are important will resurface. Then each day - attack ruthlessly. Delete, store elsewhere, or archive as fast as possible. They don't deserve a space in your brain!