A co-worker happened to see my Gmail inbox one day and the amount of unread emails caught his eye.  It was roughly 11,000+. He then bet me $5 that I wouldn’t delete anything before the year 2008.  After a couple of test searches, to see if there was really anything of value in those emails, I decided to remove the old emails.  I didn’t get the $5 though, because it wasn’t spontaneous anymore. Don’t worry, I didn’t delete any emails either. :)  From that experience, though, I’ve been a little more conscious of just how big my digital property collection is. I don’t think I horde a lot of physical items, but I am certainly a horder when it comes to digital property.

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