I don’t mean to make light of the freedom people fought and died for, but I reached an empty inbox for the first time in I don’t know how long today and it feels like freedom and liberation.

Here’s a screen shot of my mail reader:

Launching Initiative put my inbox count into triple digits, including many detailed messages about complicated relationships.

But July 4 is about freedom and I made it.

EDIT: I found and updated this post of mine, First empty inbox in at least a year!. Today may mark my first empty inbox in two and a half years, though I may have not marked one in between.

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