The Small Trick That Keeps My Inbox Clean

Here’s a confession: I hate cleaning my email inbox. Sorting, deleting, unsubscribing… it feels like a never-ending chore. But I found a trick that works surprisingly well — I started using temporary emails for all the “one-time stuff.”

Example: signing up for a free trial? Temp email. Downloading a file from a site I don’t fully trust? Temp email. Joining a random forum that I might never visit again? Yep, temp email.

Now my main inbox is for real things — work, family, and services I actually care about. Everything else gets filtered out before it even reaches me.

It’s such a small change, but the difference is huge. My inbox feels lighter, I’m less stressed, and I don’t waste time deleting junk. Honestly, I wish I had started doing this years ago.