Happy National Email Forgiveness Day!
A holiday I've been trying to get off the ground for a few years now. And, frankly, without near the resources or share-of-voice that Hallmark had when it snuck Sweetest Day in on us.
On this - one of the most blessed of days - we choose to set all the emails in our inboxes to 'mark as read.' The old college roommate who sent photos in September. The LinkedIn requests from last February. The random mushy email from your mom. The I-should-really-read-this articles and ideas sent from valued colleagues. All gone. Wiped clean. Today, all inboxes shall be empty and fresh to start the year.
And, we, grateful people, having one burden lifted from our to-do lists, shall blanket forgive all the people - say, ad bloggers, daughters, former college buddies, for example - who may have failed to reply to our messages throughout the year. We know they meant to. And, today, the knowledge of that good intention is more than enough.
Today, good people, we start anew. The fresh cursors flashing in shiny empty boxes...
Ahhh.
"This action will affect all 4,627 conversations in Inbox. Are you sure you want to continue?"
That was a very "Dave? What are you doing, Dave?" kind of moment just then. Thanks for inspiring me to scrub that bad boy clean.
Posted by: DavidGriner | January 03, 2008 at 12:45 PM