365 Days of Good Reading - Day 13 Decluttering Your Inbox

In my efforts to focus and reach my goals mentioned in Day 11, one of the tasks I have undertaken is to clean out all the clutter in my inbox.  By clutter I mean all the sales pitches I receive as a result of opting into various mailing lists.  Did you know that every time you enter your email into one of those "sign up for your free copy" of whatever you are also signing up for a continuing barrage of emails, some offering free helpful tips but most trying to sell you on yet another product, package, training or mentorship.  When you sign up for one person's mailing list, you will not only get any offers on any new software or programs that he has created but also on all those that his friends or partners are promoting.  This can get daunting and just looking at all these offers takes away from the time you can spend working toward your own goals, so unless one of your goals is to purchase or try EVERY product offered on the internet, I suggest that you open each of your incoming emails and click the unsubscribe option at the bottom of the email.

It seems I need to do this task at least twice a year for in spite of my good intentions to stay focused I somehow still seems to fall prey to an offer or two every month or so.  Even today I find I am fighting off the urge to sign up for a new one, The 100 Day Challenge has caught my eye.  So far I have resisted the temptation but I must admit my resolve is weakening.  I have even signed up as an affiliate for their program but  it doesn't seem right to sell it if I don't buy it myself. 

For those who haven't heard about The 100 Day Challenge, let me expound a bit.  It is first of all NOT related to The Challenge 2010 which is Ed Dale's 8 week program that I have been working through.  The 100 Day Challenge was created and is offered by Gary Ryan Blair and is as stated a 100 day program to accomplish any goal you set out to achieve, whether it be build an online business, lose 50 pounds, or win the love of your life. I guess the thing that is keeping me from signing up at this time is that I am still trying to pinpoint what goal I really want to achieve.