I’ve been using Gmail for over 5 years, this last year I’ve seen my inbox explode. I was able to get my unread items from 100+ down to 12-15 respectively. However the “items” sitting in my inbox read, stared or labeled sat there unarchived and unappreciated. They sat there as a constant reminder of the monumental task I had yet to start. I have dreamed of organizing, labeling and YES reading (some to long to dive into 100%, apologies fwd, Fwd FWD) Until today; I decided to just hit ARCHIVE!! Which means ALL marked emails go into “All Mail” Miraculously I found in the process an option to have ALL 1889 items in my inbox marked as well. Meaning I didn’t have to spend the next 3 hours going page to page marking all, archiving all. ALL archived ALL at once. My inbox is now a quiet place to receive, read, delete and if needed ARCHIVE!
I have a huge email problem too, I find using filters with “mark as read” and “archive” help out a lot.