I love this post by MG Siegler over at parislemon. It captures much of what I hate about email. I haven't summoned up the courage yet to do this myself, but I'm thinking hard about it.

But archiving all my mail forced me to change habits. I was sure there would be something I would miss or forget. But the reality is that there was no way I was ever going to get to all 5,000 things I had starred anyway. I was kidding myself. And I was creating a sense of dread for myself on a daily basis when I looked at my inbox and saw all those goddamn stars.