Same reason, too.
I feel the same about some of the work I need to do for my job… Start a job, can’t complete it for X reason, leave it pending, never want to work on it ever again…
THE POWER OF AVOIDANCE COMPELS YOU
THE POWER OF AVOIDANCE COMPELS YOU
THE POWER OF AVOIDANCE COMPELS YOU
THE POWER OF AVOIDANCE COMPELS YOU
I hate when I glance at it, resolve to take care of it later, and then the mere act of doing so marks the matter as resolved in my brain and it’s just gone forever.
some times it scares me how closely people on the internet’s experiences reflect my own. Everyone can’t be having such a bad time… right?
Have you thought about declaring email bankruptcy? Then, stick to inbox zero. See https://fullfocus.co/email-bankruptcy/
Point 6: Don’t worry about your unread messages. If a message is important, someone will ask you about it. If it wasn’t, you won’t.
I’ve done this plenty of times. Get back from holiday and I just mark everything as read. If something was important they’ll email again. I’ve told people and they thought I was crazy but it’s never not worked.
Ain’t no way a 2 week old unanswered email is still relevant today.
That was me in the middle of my depression. Still is sometimes on bad days.
