Now declaring email and message AMNESTY... reboot.

[kevyn]

OK, that's enough.

I was looking at my email inbox, LJ message inbox, and Facebook inbox, and saw that I have reached the 1,000 mark in unanswered, unread, and un-filed messages.

It's overwhelming.

I know, I know, I'm horrible about answering emails. I'm a bad person, a bad friend, and a bad correspondent.

So, I am declaring an email and message amnesty for myself. Everything in my inbox at this moment gets filed in a folder titled "Amnesty Archive 2009," and I will no longer worry about answering or responding to any of it. I'm rebooting, with a clean slate.

Going forward, I'll try to be better about responding in a timely fashion.

If you've sent a message that you are still waiting for and want a response to, please gently remind me. Otherwise, I'm starting over.

Clean slate.

Now that feels good!

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Well, this is one way of dealing with it. Something about the internet and email is that there is a different set of etiquette going on because of the amount of info that comes at us. You don't have to write long valueful letters but even just a word or two in response is okay.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

> You don't have to write long valueful letters but even just a word or two in response is okay.

True. And I'll try to be better about that going forward.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I sent you something. Let me know if you've gotten it.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

Ne'er mind; I just got confirmation that you got it. Glad you enjoyed it ^o^

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Yes, thank you.

Yours was one of the last messages I knew I had to respond to before declaring my amnesty.

[the-irreverend.livejournal.com]

That may be the coolest thing I've seen this week. I'm inspired to find something I can give myself amnesty for.

Good for you!

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I can't claim credit, I saw it on one of those "tips and tricks for time management" programmes.

It feels nice to exercise a little control over your life once in a while.

[the-irreverend.livejournal.com]

Amen. More power to you!