1 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: Good Morning, This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. 3 00:00:15,520 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: Today's tip is to take a few minutes to unsubscribe 4 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: from whatever you don't want coming into your life. While 5 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:26,599 Speaker 1: deleting doesn't take much time, and there are email programs 6 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: that can help with this automatically, it's still good to 7 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: take stock of whether you want or use what's coming in, 8 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: so email can feel a lot less overwhelming. I should 9 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 1: start this episode by saying that I love email marketing. 10 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 1: I send a weekly and monthly newsletter, and I found 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: that it's a great way to keep in touch with 12 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:52,559 Speaker 1: an audience. But life changes. Even a newsletter or discussion 13 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: group that you signed up for and bump to your 14 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: primary inbox maybe no longer fits your circumstances, or maybe 15 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 1: the emails come too frequently, or perhaps you love a 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: retailer but you're trying to cut down on your spending. 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,959 Speaker 1: The issue with all this is that it tends to 18 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: take a little bit of time to unsubscribe, not much 19 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: at all, but sometime, and it takes almost no time 20 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:21,320 Speaker 1: to delete. So whenever the unwanted email appears and we're 21 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: busy we make the easier choice. To break this habit, 22 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: you need a designated chunk of time for unsubscribing, So 23 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,399 Speaker 1: how about today, carve out ten minutes to address what 24 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,640 Speaker 1: you can, let the emails stack up through the day, 25 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 1: and then go in and follow the unsubscribed links for 26 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: anything you're not excited about anymore, or that you've caught 27 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: yourself deleting more times than you've opened up. If you 28 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: no longer follow an email based discussion group, take this 29 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:56,559 Speaker 1: time to write the moderator and get yourself removed. There's 30 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: no need to pen and novel about it. Just say 31 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: that you appreciate the moderator's work, you've not been able 32 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: to be an active participant, and you'd like to exit 33 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,359 Speaker 1: the group. If you have paid subscriptions, take a few 34 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: minutes to evaluate what you're getting out of the deal 35 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 1: and whether it's still worth it, and then possibly set 36 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,960 Speaker 1: up another email address for promotions so any new advertising 37 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: goes there and not to your primary inbox. If you 38 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: don't have an email program that automatically does this for you, 39 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,400 Speaker 1: we'll talk later this week about paper subscriptions, but we 40 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:34,880 Speaker 1: spend a lot of time in our inboxes. The problem 41 00:02:34,880 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: with notes we don't read. Is that they make emails 42 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: seem more overwhelming, and they also trick us into checking 43 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 1: our inboxes more frequently. If we know something new will 44 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: always be there, or we see the number on the 45 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: email icon going up, it is so tempting to go 46 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: take a look, even if it's only stuff we don't 47 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: really want. But the cause of time management is seldom 48 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 1: helped by spending more time on email. So take just 49 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,160 Speaker 1: a little bit of time today to lighten the load. 50 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,080 Speaker 1: In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and 51 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: here's to making the most of our time. Hey everybody, 52 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 1: I'd love to hear from you. You can send me 53 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: your tips, your questions, or anything else. Just connect with 54 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: me on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at Before Breakfast pod 55 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: that's b the number four, then Breakfast p o D. 56 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: You can also shoot me an email at Before Breakfast 57 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: podcast at i heeart media dot com. 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