Email Overload: Sale! Buy! Buy! Buy!

Happy Sunday!

Have you ever taken stock of how many emails you get in a day informing you of new products (or the same old products), sales, special deals, etc, etc? While I usually just delete this emails, for some reason I never opt out of them. I mean, everyone wants to know about a good sale right? I usually wait for things to go on sale before buying them, so this is important information!!

In the last 24 hours, I have received emails from 15 companies (not counting anything that goes straight to junk mail). Many of these companies send out multiple emails (Groupon and Victoria Secret  email me ~ 3 times/day!!). Is this really necessary?

I think I have email overload and it's overwhelming. I'm currently operating with 6 email accounts (personal, work, school) and it's just too much. I've received about 15 emails while writing this - all useless and deleted immediately. To be honest, I'm compulsive about checking my email. Anytime new mail pops up, I have to check. There will be no little number in brackets next to my inbox, thank you very much! How much time am I wasting deleting things that I don't want or need?

Day 4 of my "buy nothing challenge": time to opt out of all these updates. Will I be able to survive without knowing that x is on sale for 30% or that there's a new and improved bra on the market? Will opting out make any difference at all? I guess we shall see...

:)