I am unsubscribing from every possible email list. My inbox is currently a wasteland of promotional offers, political pleas/warnings/dire predictions of the future, and probably some chain emails.
It seems harmless at the time; you sign a petition for some cause you believe in, but then in return you get approximately 7000 emails.
At one point I had close to 30,000 unread emails, dating back to 2008. Yeah, I should have just deleted them, and I actually did delete some, but I guess maybe guilt (if the email was about an important cause)and/or some deluded plan to read the things later kept me from deleting a huge amount of them.
Here is a partial list of unsubscribes--Democrats.com, Obama for America, Radio Shack, Tri-City Herald, Huffington Post, ACLU, webfetti, Friendly Planet Travel, Travel Ticker, Michael Moore, The Nation, Ticket Master, The Nation, Credo Action, meetup, Democrats.org, Live Nation, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee . . . and I am by no means done.
Note that I haven't changed my political affiliation or how I feel about any of the causes or retail outlets or news organizations, for that matter. In many cases I am following the entity in question on Facebook and/or Twitter. I just don't want any more email! I have become like a cyber extreme hoarder and it must stop!
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Hi dear! Trying to get back to visiting my favorite blogs. Looks like you've about given up on blogging, sorry to see that! Hope this finds you well. Stop by and leave a new URL if you have moved (or just to say hi!)
I was wondering if you still posted here. I found your reviews awesome and wasnt sure if you changed blogs or not?
Holli
Hi, Holli, no, I don't post here anymore. Between working on a novel (check it out at http://www.amazon.com/Parallel-Lives-Lori-Lucero-ebook/dp/B00BH2AJWE . Also, I post on Quora a few times a week (my name is Lori Lucero, come find me there). I do plan on starting a new blog but wanted to build somewhat of a following on Quora first. Thanks for asking!
That last comment should have said, between working on my novel, social media, and so on, I got out of the habit of blogging.
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