Return phone messages & emails in a timely fashion

Not perfect, of course – I’ll generally let a day or three pass on the things that aren’t absolutely vital – but I’m much better than I was. (I don’t have anything sitting in my inbox for more than a week. That’s good enough for me.)

with the simplified inbox :)

I’m completely terrible at this. I see I have new emails and let them sit there for days, weeks, months, before even opening them. One time I took over a year to reply to someone who I’m supposed to be a friend of!

How come people reply back so quickly though – you think you’ve cleared everything and get a huge sense of relief, and then the next day dozens of replies come flying in so you can never be up-to-date with anything.

I have got to be the WORST person ever in this department…if there’s one thing people complain about to me, it’s “you NEVER call back!!!” and it’s so true! I have no idea what’s wrong with me. like, I’ll listen to my voicemails, say, “ok cool”, put my phone back in my purse and walk away, only to forget them. I guess I just have to be in the mood to talk on the phone? haha I don’t know I’m such a wierdo…but anyway, since the boy I like has the same issue and I’ve seen how annoying it is from the other side, I’ve been getting better…wish me luck! :)

I can say that I have been returning emails and calls rather quickly now, when it used to be weeks before I would get off my ass to contact someone. It can sometimes be a real hassle to contact certain people but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.

returning phone messages and e-mails in a timely fashion give people a good impression. thumbs up on this one.

Yeah i hate returning calls, hell i even suck at checking my answering machine because I don’t feel like hearing their voices “uh thanks for calling me back you jerk” ha maybe i should make a better effort huh? I am good at text messaging though…that should count for something. Oh just reminded me to RSVP to some shitty Evite…ugggh!

My friends email and call me about 3 times before I get back to them or answer their calls. This goes along with my motivation goal becuase I’m not a phone person most the time I don’t want to sit on the phone and try to think of things to say so it’s not acward therefore I let it go to voicemail and most the time don’t return their calss. I also do this with email I don’t want to reply right away and then I get more emails and I forget about it. I really need to work on this to keep friendships stronger.

basically im just keeping up w/ friends via email and phone more, and making a conscious effort to do so. i dont think i should have to respond immediately, i have the right to some time! so yeah, i can mark this as done and ill keep it in mind.

phone calls & emails are requests, not demands.

I don’t need to reply right away if that’s not what I really want to do.

If I don’t get back to people right away, they can wait.

We can all learn patience. :-)

I want more freedom for me & for everyone!