2025-09-22_my email habits

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i was cleaning my inbox and i thought, maybe i should document this

i recently switched from gmail to proton mail and that included two of my personal emails and my two business emails.
during the switch i became aware of storage space. (something i am seriously lacking in my physical spaces FYI)
because of this i have been adapting my email habits and best practices
in gmail, every email would get read (or not read, outright IGNORED) and archived. out of sight, out of mind. except that every email archives means thousands of email i dont really need to reference again clogging up my digital space. so many emails i could have just deleted making my email archive rot
i have started being more present with my inbox. some emails get archived, some get DELETED
in my Ella Nym email i had created a filter that moved all my newsletter emails from substack automatically into a TBR folder… in less than a week that thing sported a number of 170+. instant overwhelm
i have now started actively unsubscribing to emails i dont want to read by people i can't remember subscribing to
impulse subscribing, active unsubscribing
its no fault of the writer, i just want to recapture my attention and have better email spaces
digital spaces are becoming more important to me as i learn to build websites.