The Habit You Thought Was Good for You, and How to Stop Doing It

Personally, this is my biggest problem. I very often feel the need to be “super-responsive” to emails and text messages, even the not-so-urgent ones. For example, while driving in the morning, I feel an urge to immediately respond to a friend’s text of “yoga at 7 tonight?”, even though 7 p.m. is about 10 hours away. Set a schedule of checking your emails and texts 3 times a day (morning, lunch time and 1-2 hours before leaving work). You can be flexible with this (because trust me, I know it’s hard), but setting up some boundaries between you and your electronics will make you more productive, happier, and less stressed. Soon you may realize that it’s not as bad as you thought.