RSS Feeds: A New Way to Clutter

RSS Feeds: A New Way to Clutter

Posted by Deb Lee, Certified Professional Organizer® on December 21st, 2009 — 1 Comment
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I’ve signed up for so many RSS feeds with my Google Reader that it’s impossible to read everything. Here’s the clutter I’ve accumulated over the last 12 months…

Topic # Subscriptions # Unread Articles

Food 7 134

Geeky 5 986

News 6 1000+

Science 6 509

Small Biz 7 220

Tech 6 1000+

Thinkers 8 565

Pro Organizers + Related 5 30

Blogging 2 62

There is NO WAY UNDER THE SUN that I’ll read them all. I really had good intentions – seriously, I thought I would read them all (when, exactly, I’m not sure). I also thought I was doing a good thing by getting rid of my e-mail subscriptions so my inbox wouldn’t be cluttered (let’s not talk about my inbox). Instead, I created a new inbox manage.

Ay ya yai. Another thing I have to add to my “To Do” list…but maybe not because I get my news in an entirely different way now – Twitter. I don’t even have to go looking for news. Twitter is news. Silly news. Politics. Entertainment. Science. Business. Food…well, hmmm…not so much…digressing (sorry)…

So, really my decision is whether or not to get rid of Google Reader. I’m not using it, so off it goes, right? …but it was nice to see all the sites I had (and still have) an interest in. Strangely, I’m feeling a bit sentimental here. What do you think, chuck it or keep it? WWYD?