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I'm bad at replying to people. I often let messages sit in my inbox for some time, while I work on other higher-priority things. How can I get better at this? Ideas: - Delegate more so im less busy - spend less time thinking about a detailed reply and just send - give them a quick "im busy, will reply later" message
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Do you find messages get lost in the noise and that’s why you don’t respond? Or it’s just a matter of being focused on other work?
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do you have this same pattern across all formats of messages or is it particularly true/bad for one (e.g. email)?
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It’s crazy how much easier it is to reply to comments on casts than to reply to messages. Maxx relate
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I'm like this only for emails, which get stale if not answered quickly. There's more cognitive friction to return to them. One thing I find helpful is to move convos away from email and into Discord DMs or DCs on FC. Less friction. For those not on Discord/FC, I send "will reply later" notes so my intent is clear.
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Inbox-0 worked for me; either answer or label all emails a couple times a day, and then schedule time to go through the follow-up label once a week or so to make sure everything got responded to. Now that I'm in less of an email culture, I definitely let more slip through the cracks but I try to use reminders similarly
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Same here and when I reflect back on it I often find that your second point (overthinking) is the root cause so now I try to be more candid and just reply in the moment. In reality the message that you take 30 mins to think about and write out is only going to be maybe marginally better than the one that takes 1 min.
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My approach is “power hour” - I snooze all non-trivial emails (can’t reply in a few mins or less) to a set time the next day (or +n days/nth day of the week) as an automatic reflex. Trick is to be disciplined about snoozing and finding your personal best time for powering through. Mine is first thing in morning.
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I’m in the same boat, although less so on email and more iMessage / TG. Trying to establish a habit of the second—when I read a message, I must respond then and there always.
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Sounds like you feel bad about this or at least don't feel good about it. What does getting better about replying to email get you? I assume you reply to emails that matter most. Focus on the truly important things and work to develop self-acceptance. Replies beget replies in most cases.
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If they’re really higher priority things is this actually bad? Do you have a good balance of working on “important” vs “urgent” things? I have a couple of daily “comms” times scheduled in my calendar to: 1. limit the time spent 2. batch small things 3. make sure important things do get attention daily
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Depending on the nature of the messages, most people would probably be better off if the behaved more like you.
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