Shoveling out
Feb. 19th, 2026 03:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitoutToday, the solar panels finally dumped the snow that was on them. Not all at once, of course, because that would have been too simple. Anyway. I shoveled some of the deck then R. took over. Very heavy, very tiring. The solar panels are now producing, which is delightful.
I spent a bunch of time sitting in a chair with my laptop (totally normal) deleting email (also normal). Lots and lots and lots of email (this is not normal). This is 100% one of those tasks that can just wait forever. But at intervals — long intervals — I go through and delete lots and lots of emails.
Some of this is just fail to get rid of it as I go stuff — announcements from schools or organizations I belong to, notifications of bills due / payments received. Some of that stuff is useful to let age for a bit, because then you never need to file it. It’s dead and done and can be deleted. Some of it is stuff that I wasn’t really sure what I should ever do with it and time has brought clarity. There’s a certain satisfaction in closure.
I’ve been reading things as I go. I’ve let the Vox newsletter come through, and caught up on interesting things I failed to read earlier. I caught up on a bunch of Calculated Risk. A few of these were good enough to share with other people, and sparked some good conversation.
I doubt I will sustain this long enough to get the inbox down to where it “should” be, but you never know. I cleaned my sink for the first time in a long time today. Crazy things happen.
ETA: Oh, and I’ve now voted apple and starbucks. I wonder what I’ll find in here where I totally missed the opportunity to vote. Not that any of this ever matters.
I spent a bunch of time sitting in a chair with my laptop (totally normal) deleting email (also normal). Lots and lots and lots of email (this is not normal). This is 100% one of those tasks that can just wait forever. But at intervals — long intervals — I go through and delete lots and lots of emails.
Some of this is just fail to get rid of it as I go stuff — announcements from schools or organizations I belong to, notifications of bills due / payments received. Some of that stuff is useful to let age for a bit, because then you never need to file it. It’s dead and done and can be deleted. Some of it is stuff that I wasn’t really sure what I should ever do with it and time has brought clarity. There’s a certain satisfaction in closure.
I’ve been reading things as I go. I’ve let the Vox newsletter come through, and caught up on interesting things I failed to read earlier. I caught up on a bunch of Calculated Risk. A few of these were good enough to share with other people, and sparked some good conversation.
I doubt I will sustain this long enough to get the inbox down to where it “should” be, but you never know. I cleaned my sink for the first time in a long time today. Crazy things happen.
ETA: Oh, and I’ve now voted apple and starbucks. I wonder what I’ll find in here where I totally missed the opportunity to vote. Not that any of this ever matters.