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Treat your electronic files and emails similarly to how you treat all of the hard copy that you encounter. The principles of sorting in this chapter are as applicable to computer files and emails as they are to paper.

It’s very easy to let messages pile up in your email inbox. What’s the harm? They don’t really take up space, do they? Well, actually they do. They take up space in your computer’s memory but more importantly, emails that never get deleted can create clutter in your mind. “Have I read that email? Do I need to reread that email?” As your email inbox grows, so grows an insidious sense of encroaching chaos.

Your emails and electronic files must either be filed into their proper folders, or deleted. Files should not loiter on your computer desktop, and emails should be purged from your inbox on a regular basis.