Slicing Through the Clutter With a Butter Knife

I've done a lot of worrying today & yesterday about the time I'm spending away from my Inbox. It just gets so full so fast when I don't pay adequate attention to it. I've actually been "directing traffic" (well, some of it) as it comes in via my old best friend (the pocket pc). But, I can't do everything via pda, so I find myself with a relatively full inbox of 188 items at the moment. Most of the time, though, I'm an obsessive-inbox-cleaner ... who fails to get everything done... so I hover around 80-120 messages in there at any one time. So, what does that say about me?


From today's Monster Blog:

What Does Your Inbox Say About You?
So there’s a Center for Internet Behavior in Connecticut. And guess what? It’s got something to say about what your inbox might say about you.

"If you keep your inbox full rather than empty, it may mean you keep your life cluttered in other ways," says psychologist and founder Dave Greenfield, as quoted in CareerJournal. "Do you cling to the past? Do you have a lot of unfinished business in your life?"

On the other hand, do you obsessively clean your inbox, immediately moving emails to their appropriate folders and killing spam? “You may be so quick to move on that you miss opportunities and ignore nuances,” suggests the article. “Or your compulsion for order may be sapping your energy from other endeavors.”

Where do you lie on this seeming spectrum of inbox behavior?

So, I got a BRAND NEW keyboard on my laptop today. Who knew you could replace the keyboard??? My boyz in IT coming through for lil' ole' me. I'll have to go spend lots 'o time with them all tomorrow. Love 'em. Miss 'em. Wish my team felt the same way about me. My boss scheduled time to grab Inge before she leaves tomorrow. Nothing for me. Boo. Hiss. Maybe it really IS time. But, then who would pay me to sit around the house all day in my jammies? Oh yeah, that's right. Big fat NOBODY.

I ran into a cousin (in-law) in State College tonight. Seriously. Yeah. He almost belongs there (he lives in PA), but he was like "don't you live in GEORGIA?!" to me. LOL. Too small of a world it is. Well... sometimes. Others, it seems huge, and I MISS all the people who don't just pop into my life at random moments. :)

Love you all... and an early g'night. X's & O's... always.