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I’m not ignoring your message – I’m overwhelmed by the tyranny of being reachable
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I let everyone know:
Text messages are for asynchronous communication. That’s literally what they’re designed for. I will not communicate over texts synchronously.
I will respond to texts within 2 days usually. Do not expect an immediate response.
If you need me immediately or within short order, call me.
If you call me for non-urgent matters that could have been handled over text, I might not pick up the phone right away. The boy who cried wolf, and all that.
I do not always have my phone on me 24/7. Sometimes I am untethered. I return calls far more quickly than I respond to texts, because I assume a call is more important than a text. It had better be.
If you call and I don’t pick up, leave a voicemail. If you don’t leave a voicemail, I assume it wasn’t important.
this a thousand times. IDK when people decided to not use the voicemail anymore.
But to be honest I make it more radical and not even return all calls. because. priority 1 - call, not answered but with a voicemail
priority 2 - unanswered call but a message sent afterwards.
priority 3 - message only.
an unanswered call on my side and no further information is for me simply to forget about it.