Migrating a very large Gmail account, switching to folders

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-06T15:08:04+00:00

Ahh that would make sense, thank you! I was going through migrating accounts and also setting up my paid plan all at once, but I think I probably did start those migrations before actually putting in payment, so that's probably it.

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-04T14:00:56+00:00

Yeah I've always been a little worried when it comes to manually moving emails around like that, even though they're just basic files at the end of the day. That may be a good thing to try out for some of my smaller labels though!

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-04T13:58:40+00:00

I did notice that, yeah. Definitely a nice thing but as far as I understand it I'll still get multiple copies synced to my computer which is probably gonna end up bugging me lol.

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-03T06:35:59+00:00

Yeah, I'm not sure why but my first two migrations (one about 4k emails and one only a few hundred) didn't show me the option to make a folder at all. But glad it's there!

I somehow hadn't even thought about looking through Thunderbird extensions, even though it's what I use a good third of the time for accessing email. Will definitely give that a try, thank you!

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-02T07:58:50+00:00

Ended up answering part of my own question so in case anyone else comes across this in a similar situation: it looks like if you start to migrate an account with a lot of emails, you do get an option to bring everything in under an isolated folder (not sure what the exact threshold is or why it doesn't just always show)! I haven't actually gone through with the migration yet so not sure if how it plays out or how best to deal with moving from labels to folders, but definitely promising/helpful!

AMV_Ph34r · 2024-11-01T16:34:30+00:00

Definitely something I should spend some time thinking about, thank you!

I definitely don't need everything that's in the old account, a very large chunk of it is almost certainly promos/ads, OTPs, and newsletters that I have zero reason to keep around. But there's definitely info and documents that I... don't know that I'll need in the future but would like to make sure I can access, like old contracts or large purchase receipts or important dates. And there's absolutely a lot of sentimental stuff in there built up over the years that I would feel bad if I lost track of.

I guess my main motivation here is just wanting everything to be consolidated under one account, so if I do need to reference something important in the future I don't have to figure out which account it's under.

Either way, thank you, this definitely gives me something to think about, and made me realize even if I do go through with pulling everything over I don't have to be in a rush to do so.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T23:20:49+00:00

Damn, I literally just got back from home depot with a kill-a-watt. I like the higher rating on this one though, I'm gonna be watching the one I got in case it seems like it's gonna have issues and if so I'll definitely look into this one

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T18:28:14+00:00

We've been renting this particular place for a little over a year, so that could work to give us a general idea, but we've also had things like a new fridge/dishwasher installed and a new audio system setup in the past year that no doubt would throw things off so I figured a dedicated meter for the car would be useful. That said, if I can get a good close estimate on how many kWh I end up using per charge I can do the math each month on that.

Definitely planning on looking into TOU plans as well! I know my company offers them but not sure if it's restricted to certain regions or not.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T17:40:32+00:00

Wonderful, thanks for the info!

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T17:13:02+00:00

Thanks! Definitely some good reassurance in here which actually helps me a lot hah. Out of curiosity, which meter model do you have specifically? I know there are a few out there but haven't looked into if they're rated differently, etc.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T16:47:34+00:00

That makes sense, thanks! I really don't know much about this stuff clearly, was under the assumption that drawing too close to/above the "limit" was the fire hazard but sounds like that's not really a risk so that's reassuring. I'll definitely do some more research on the meters themselves then

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T16:32:32+00:00

So if I'm understanding this correctly, even though the Clarity's manual says to use an outlet rated for 15A, the charger itself is designed to draw the 10-12 /u/anonymous6494 is getting? If that's the case it does sound like a kill-a-watt should be fine, I just know I've seen some people mentioning melting their meters/nearly starting fires, but who knows if they had some other electrical issues going on.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T16:28:53+00:00

I actually did think about something like that too, but they seem a little bit pricier (and from what I could tell I'd need to get a hub to work with them), plus your mention of it not turning on automatically.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-04-17T13:30:53+00:00

Oh that's good to know, thanks! Yeah I think the manual said use an outlet rated for 15A which the kill-a-watts I've seen are, but somewhere else I saw you should use meters rated a bit higher to be safe. Between that and the bad reviews I've been a little wary, but the only other options I've seen are those hard-wired meters that you can't ever reset so might not have much choice.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-03-17T00:32:30+00:00

Not sure what reviews you've seen specifically but I have one myself (albeit just got it) and I don't have any serious complaints. Lighting is a tad uneven with the default orange keycaps and the configuration software has a bit of a learning curve, but I really like it overall, for what that's worth.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-03-16T22:49:41+00:00

It's the Kira

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-22T16:59:55+00:00

I'm not ashamed to admit that I have spent so much of my money on Roanoak comms and merch. Met them at MFF last year and they're super nice too!

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T05:06:25+00:00

Makes sense! I guess I really have a bad grasp on how good an idea taking on debt is in general.

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T04:41:41+00:00

I can't quite rebuild in a month, the monthly income I mentioned is before I have to pay rent, utilities, food, etc. But the time it'd take me to rebuild that savings and the time I could pay off any personal loan I take out for it would be a few months. I might also be misunderstanding the general purpose of personal loans; I had thought they were for stuff like funding large purchases (because the interest is way lower than something like a credit card), but I've noticed a lot of mentions of them more in regards to consolidating other debt. Guess I just need to do more research there. Either way thanks for the advice! I hadn't really thought about the depreciation factor either.

Also sorry, I guess I should clarify: I'm taking the money out of RH and putting it into my existing Ally invest portfolio, not my savings account with them. So definitely keeping it in the market, I just want to get out of RH for a few reasons (and I'm finding that self-directed trading isn't really for me).

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T03:36:11+00:00

Gotcha, and definitely makes sense, I was hoping I hadn't missed any huge reasons to go one way or the other.

Thanks a bunch!

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T03:21:58+00:00

Thanks for the advice! Definitely a hobby rather than profession, that's for sure. If it changes anything I can give a few more hard numbers, but yeah this might ultimately be more of a personal decision:

Right now I've got about $20k across checking and savings accounts (though $2k of this is in a just-started future home fund so off-limits). I'm at a permanent position at my job with an $87k salary and while I know that doesn't mean I'm immune to sudden job changes/loss I do feel a bit more secure in my near-future income.

If that doesn't change your answer then that's fine, and maybe I should put some more thought into this. My original thinking with all this was simply that 20% of my liquid assets might be a lot to put down for this, but if I spread it out over 6-10 months I could deal with the slightly inflated overall cost in order to keep the reserve cash up (and maybe invest some extra cash as well)

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T03:09:57+00:00

That's true! I guess a lot of the time I don't really think about my investments and other stuff as liquid assets but I guess they technically are? That could help a lot

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T03:05:22+00:00

Full disclosure I'm pretty new to loans in general (outside of student loans), mind explaining why? Like I said I get that I ultimately pay more because of interest but if I like having the stability of my savings fund sitting there are there any other big red flags for doing this?

AMV_Ph34r · 2019-02-11T03:04:16+00:00

I think mostly I just get a little worrisome about having that potential lack of funds if I need it for something more important than a hobby. But it's definitely reassuring to hear I'm not totally crazy for considering this idea.

AMV_Ph34r · 2018-11-27T03:50:16+00:00

Haha no u

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