I like RSS feeds because they help me to read articles when articles appear on a publisher's web site. I do not have to visit each site to check for new articles. They all are under by hand in the RSS reader.

Currently I have 19 feeds. Some of them are listed on my 'Recommended reading' page. Half of these feeds are updated frequently and sometimes I do not have time to read them. This causes a lot of unread messages in by feeds folder.

Today I decided to clean up all unread feeds. I quickly scanned all subjects in every feed and deleted most of them without reading. They were worth reading but it would take too much time to read them all. So I decided to read only the most important articles. If I ever have time, I always can come to those sites and read articles there.

So, why am I writing about this on the blog? It seems to be a personal matter, not anything that may interest others.

Actually it should be interesting to others too!

I have seen people who have several hundreds unread messages in their Inbox. I always wondered why do they keep these messages unread? Most problems or queries described in these e–mails become obsolete after a week or so. Having a full inbox does not let to focus on current issues. It is like having a house where a person stocks everything he could come across (even candy papers). It is just a big mess, where the person can't effectively navigate.

One of the principles of efficiency says that there should be no mess anywhere. All items should be cleaned up regularly. I stepped away from this principle with regard to RSS feeds and they immediately inflated in size and became a mess. I had to spend time cleaning up.

So the story is: do not leave anything to "later". Read it now or clean it up. Keep it organized and simple. Be responsible for your personal organization. Be efficient. Be happy.