I archived my personal emails in a private Hotmail account. Did you know Hotmail clears your inbox if the account is inactive for 4-6 weeks?
I did.
Back when I was sentimental, I’d log into my private account every now and then to keep it active. But life happened, and I stopped signing in for a while. Tonight, I discovered my inbox empty. Gone are the personal emails dating back to 1997 - the one from my first boyfriend in 9th grade. Love notes, breakups, makeups, and all my high school correspondence with my best friends. Over a decade of documented drama, vanished.
Next, my hard drive might decide to end it all, erasing files from 1999 and digital photos from 2002. But I won’t panic; I’ve backed up everything onto DVDs and an external hard drive. I could’ve backed up my emails too, but in a way, I wanted to let go and didn’t have the heart to delete them myself.