1 Gmail Address = Infinity Gmail Addresses

Being obsessive compulsive like myself can be a drain. Constantly trying to keep everything in it's place; nice & neat and tucked away in their own little corner is a job unto itself. I take the same OCD approach to every aspect of my life, especially organizing my email. I definitely take pride on how my work mailbox is set up. Every person, mailing list and company has their own dedicated folder. But my personal Gmail mailbox is seriously lacking in the organizational department. It's neglected, to say the least... until now.

I stumbled upon this post at the Official Gmail Blog which was an earth-shattering epiphany of sorts. Apparently you can do one of two things to ultimately help organize your inbox on the fly:

• By simply appending a "+" after your email address followed by any combination of words and you can create as many variations of the same email address. For example you can use "mindcometblog+mailinglists@gmail.com" to sort out all mailing lists.
• You can also add periods (".") within your email address such as "mindcomet.blog@gmail.com" or "mind.comet.blog@gmail.com".

So once you set all of those up you can set up organization variables (or filters) within your account that will direct specific email addresses to their corresponding folder.

Kudos to the Gmail team for keeping OCD freaks like myself sane and perpetually organized.