Re: Internet addiction

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

I don't know why he feels compelled to reply to every email.  No wonder
he's so stressed.

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:24:59 -0700
 >
 > 6.  Email, of course.  I get about 20/hour, of which 10 I can delete 
 > instantly (and set up a filter so Thunderbird will delete them 
 > automatically, which helps), maybe 5 are things I have to act on but can 
 > do so quickly, and the remaining 5 which end up on my to-do list 
 > (colored green or orange or red by urgency). This triage doesn't quite 
 > take an hour, thankfully, or I'd never make any progress at all, but it 
 > does take 1/2 hour, i.e., half my time.  And more in the morning, 
 > because some of my colleagues live in Europe and have the annoying habit 
 > of waking up, and sending emails, while I'm still asleep.