Bringing out the dead – Cleaning out email.

Today I decided to clean out some of my old Gmail emails. It’s a great free software but with gobs of space, you tend to hold on to a lot of junk. In my case, a little over 4,000 emails. I started at the oldest and kept a few, tossed the rest. I cam across some that made me think.

1: Simply how time flies. I found some as old as May of 2006 that were in regards to woodturning. I got the lathe for Christmas, so that it must have been Christmas of 05, meaning the beginning of 06. Three years later, here I am. I’ve moved forward, but three years worth? Probably not. I think it’s time to step up the progress. Unfortunately a lot of that is dictated by money and time and both those are seemingly always in short supply.

2: You don’t have forever. A handful of the emails were from a very talented artist who passed away a year ago. He was either loved or hated, there was no real middle ground with this guy. He had a gruff personality, we got along as often as not, but we mostly remained on speaking terms. He really pissed me off last time we spoke on the phone and then I had not heard much about him until I learned he died suddenly. Time for reconciliation had passed me by. Whether it be relationships or personal goals, you best get going. If you’re not moving forward then you’re doing nothing. There will be plenty of time for that when we’re gone.