This morning, I had 47 unread emails in my inbox. As of now, I am down to one. Progress for sure, but I am reminded of how much I hate email as a form of communication. An open channel to my todo list that anyone can add to? Yuck!
Jonathan's location at time of posting:
LaCourstationary70%
Comments (5)
Dark Sky
via
cleverdevil.io
Weather at time/location of posting — Mostly Cloudy with a temperature of 59.2°F and 81% humidity.
paulcraig901
via
Micro.blog
@cleverdevil It’s an open channel to your task list only if you allow that to happen. If you can reply, “I’m terribly sorry. Don’t have the bandwidth,” you’ll often find they’ll go away. This is predicated on the possibility you can push back. Sometimes we can’t. Such is life.
cleverdevil
via
Micro.blog
@paulcraig901 even having to reply in that way is an action to perform, but you are definitely right that getting in the right mindset is critical when considering how to process email.
paulcraig901
via
Micro.blog
@cleverdevil You are right. Sometimes merely ignoring the email makes it go away. If there’s a follow up, then it’s probably something that must be done. I share your frustrations on a daily basis.
alans
via
Micro.blog
@cleverdevil I get a lot of this style of message: “I need help with X. Can we talk?”
Comments (5)
Weather at time/location of posting — Mostly Cloudy with a temperature of 59.2°F and 81% humidity.
@cleverdevil It’s an open channel to your task list only if you allow that to happen. If you can reply, “I’m terribly sorry. Don’t have the bandwidth,” you’ll often find they’ll go away. This is predicated on the possibility you can push back. Sometimes we can’t. Such is life.
@paulcraig901 even having to reply in that way is an action to perform, but you are definitely right that getting in the right mindset is critical when considering how to process email.
@cleverdevil You are right. Sometimes merely ignoring the email makes it go away. If there’s a follow up, then it’s probably something that must be done. I share your frustrations on a daily basis.
@cleverdevil I get a lot of this style of message: “I need help with X. Can we talk?”
O_o