

However, that’s not to say that it won’t be hard there’s no doubt about it - forming new habits is always tough at the beginning. I might neglect the project that needs to be completed in 48 hours while I’m answering messages that aren’t time-sensitive at all. So, if my priorities are off kilter and I tackle messages first, I might fall behind on more important things. But my messages might not be the most important or most time-sensitive thing I need to do.

But that might not necessarily be the case! Going through every single message and crafting a personal reply to each one can take me hours I could easily waste a whole day just working through my inbox. This means that when I look back at my to-do list and prepare to start checking things off, “Answer messages” looks like it’s the most important thing for me to do. But because I get anxious looking at my ever-growing list ofnotifications - (there’s something especially stressful about those little red pop-ups telling me I have 59 un-opened messages) - I usually put, “Answer messages” at the top of my to-do list. It doesn’t matter if they’re important emails or texts from friends, all messages tend to pile up in my inbox and get ignored for days because I simply don’t have the time to go through them during a typical day. Thanks to my busy schedule, I often struggle to reply to messages.
