Spent 2 years organizing my email by folder before a colleague pointed out my flaw

I had this whole system setup in Gmail with maybe 12 folders for work, bills, shopping, you name it. I was so proud of it until my coworker Jen glanced over at my screen during a meeting and said 'why are you moving emails to folders when you could just archive and search?' That moment hit me hard because I had been wasting so much time sorting things manually when Gmail's search works fine. Has anyone else had that facepalm moment where you realized you were overcomplicating a simple tool?

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lucas_perez18d ago

Bro come on, "that moment hit me hard"? It's just email folders. You weren't saving lives here.

beth87818d ago

You ever had a friend cry over deleting old vacation photos that didn't even matter?