This is one form of clutter you may not realize is grabbing your attention every day. There are a few ways to work to limit this one. The first way is to clean up your computer home screen. File things you need to keep and delete items you don’t. The items on your home screen should only be items you are currently working on. For email, I have a manage-to-zero approach that works for me at work. In Outlook, you get a picture of a hot air-ballon when your email box is empty. This approach may not work for everyone but it works for me. I delegate or read email and perform action for all that is required. If action is read only I decide if I need to file and save or delete. I do get a lot of emails and it isn’t easy and I don’t always accomplish the manage-to-zero goal but I always try. I also check my calendar to ensure there are no double-booked meetings which is clutter. I then make a decision to decline or delegate one of them. For personal email, I unscribe regularly from email no longer serving me. For my smart phone I delete Apps: data, and cost associated with what is no longer serving me. You can also hide Apps you don’t use often. For social media, you can delete platforms no longer serving you and unfollow what is also no longer serving you. Electronic clutter flashes, sings, influences, and cries out for your attention, by cleaning up this clutter you can customize it to serve you.
