Cleaning out the inbox.

For some reason I started going back through some old emails last night. I read a number of emails from my previous job and it really made me realise how much I didn't enjoy the last job I had. It started out ok, but in the end I just had to get out. I also looked at my old payslips that had been emailed to me, man I was getting ripped off, I'm now earning twice what I was then. Sure inflation will be some of the reason but my salary has been about the same for the last three or four years so moving jobs really was a good decision. I haven't really kept in contact with anyone from any of my previous jobs, not in close contact anyway, there are a couple that I'm friends with on Facebook but we don't really ever catch up.
After looking at the old work emails I deleted them, it's not like I needed them anymore and I really don't need to think about that old job anymore. I then moved on to some of the other old emails I had saved. Most of them were just junk and I'm not sure why I was keeping them, at work I keep everything and store PST files for each year, I often refer back to emails from several years ago to get information that I may have forgotten or to double check on something. I don't know why I had an eBay folder or why I was keeping old eBay communication from 5 years ago in there.
Finally I moved onto my favourite folder, this folder I don't think I'll ever delete. This folder contains all the emails that my Mum sent me regarding her website. My mother was an artist and ages ago I designed her a website and then I maintained it for her. Every month or so she would email me an update for the website. Usually info about an upcoming exhibition or a workshop that she was going to be running, sometimes a bit of news for the news page on the site.
The website is no longer up, I kept it going for around 12 months after my Mum passed away but I didn't see the point in keeping it up any longer, it didn't really serve any purpose. I keep the emails as they are just how they were when I received them, I guess that's the beauty of electronic documents, they don't take up much room and they look the same as they did the day they were created. I'm sure the day will come when they can no longer be opened as the software will be obsolete or the computer will die and I won't have backed things up properly. For now, I'm glad that I have them.

Bomber
I miss my Mum.