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Musings
Are You Buried in eMail?
I just turned on my computer and a monster jumped out at me. One look at my mailbox made me want to go and hide  until next year.
I have several mailboxes that I use like filing cabinets, each one receiving mail related to different projects. A couple of them are not too overwhelming, but then, they are also places to play so they require no immediate attention. My main box, the catchall of all things curious, significant, important for me, or important to other people has 999+ messages with lots of them marked as unread. There is probably a fair amount that has become dated or obsolete that can be deleted, but that still means I have to sort thru them. A lot of it I have every intention of reviewing, when I get time or whenever the cows come home, whichever comes first.
A lot of this chaos I have brought on myself. If I see something that I think is interesting I subscribe, figuring that I can throw it out later. Unfortunately, "later" seems to be buried at the bottom of the pile. Then there are the things I mark for follow-up; (do you recognize those initials) then I'm overwhelmed by those red flags.
I also need a big shovel to get myself sorted out in Twitter and on Facebook. Again I have solicited all these neat comments, but I have given virtually no consideration to when I think I can follow up on all those cool tweets and comments. My mind is like a sponge that needs new information to sop up on a continuing basis. Unfortunately it can't operate on remote control-I have to take action to keep it well fed, purged and happy.
The same situation applies to all of my social networking sites and referral links like Linkedin , Constant Contact, and Social Media Examiner. When do I think I am going to catch up with all the information that is available to me?
I really believe in the power of these new relationships. Maybe I can figure out a way to have a big party, invite all these connections, make new friends and see if someone has a brilliant or at least better idea of how to handle all this social media chaos. 
Please comment if you can relate, or have a solution, before I get so buried that I will never again see the light of day.
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