As the final full week of the Digital Declutter Challenge draws to a close, the focus today will be to update your digital contact list.
Many people now use a phone and/or cloud-based tool to keep track of contact names, phone numbers, addresses and emails. This is a wonderful option as it provides access to all of your contacts wherever you go. However, as with all things, contact information changes over time. While we are quick to add new people and numbers, we are often slow to go back and remove outdated information.
For today’s task, scroll through your electronic address book and identify content that should be deleted. In some cases, you will simply need to modify a name, number or address.
For example:
- A person’s name has changed
- An individual has moved
- An individual is using a new email address
- A contact has a new or additional phone number
- You have a contact listed multiple times
There may also be some contacts you wish to delete the entire contact.
Common reasons for deleting a contact include:
- You no longer wish to be in touch
- You don’t remember who the person is
- You will not purchase a product/service from this contact in the future
- The business/service provider is no longer operating
- The individual has passed away
If you aren’t sure which numbers and addresses are most current, call or email people today to confirm their preferences.
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Clearing away anything that is not relevant to our current lives enhances productivity. When is the last time you updated your contacts?
Most definitely need to do this as I don’t even recall the last time that I did indeed do this. So thank you for reminding me to do so.
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I did it myself just to see how long it would take and it was actually pretty quick. I needed to follow up on one duplicate contact for which I had two different numbers. Got that quickly resolved and now feel better about the quality of my list. Love a quick little project. Happy Saturday!
I have so many people in my cell phone list (which has been rolled over from phone to phone for many years) that I am pretty sure have new numbers or I am not even sure who they are any more! Definitely could go through and delete a lot of info as I have never done it before. Have a good weekend!
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I was surprised to see how many duplicates and old numbers I had. That said, it really didn’t take me very long to clean it all up. I deleted a bunch, clarified a few, and now feel better about the list. Hope you have a great weekend!
This is something I need to do, but I have a tough time deleting people who have passed. Silly, but understandable.
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Yes, it is understandable. This is one of those things you do when you are ready. There is no rush…
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Tell me about it. I just cleaned out my contact list yesterday. I spent more than an hour on it. Ugh.
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