Emacs: How to yank the last yanked text regardless of subsequent kills?

Question

I often find myself repeatedly yanking something after doing some kills and it becomes a process like:

1. C-y
2. C-y M-y
3. C-y M-y M-y
4. C-y M-y M

Answer 1

Don't use the kill ring; put the text into a register instead. C-x r s a to store the region's text into (say) register "a"; then C-x r i a to insert it elsewhere.