Use the KonMari Method on Your Email Inbox With These 4 Easy and Joyful Steps

Start the discarding process in your email's "junk" folder. Chances are, most of the emails in there are actually junk that you can get rid of with the click of a button. Is it spam? Report it so it doesn't pop up in your mailbox again. Is it from an email list you subscribed to that's basically become spam? We're all guilty of hitting subscribe for 15 percent off the first order with the intention of unsubscribing later, but never actually do. Do it now.

In addition to adding more joy, the KonMari method emphasizes the elimination of the "essence of un-joy." If just seeing a subject line in your mailbox makes you frown, control, alt, delete it. These could be trash emails that are out of date and no longer functional, like an expired coupon code for a limited-time sale.

While you can't store by physical material — cloth, paper, or electric — you should still sort your mailbox by category. Organise your emails by tags and in folders (and subfolders). Think of your inbox like your Pinterest feed and the folders as the boards you pin to. Create folders that make sense to you and are specific, without over-categorizing for easy retrieval.