My Email Policy (Professor Bear)

My Email Policy (Professor Bear)

The Email That Could Wait

It could have waited. You knew it when you wrote it. But the discomfort of not sending— the anxiety of holding a thought— felt like someone else's problem to absorb.

Here's what I want you to know: this isn't complicated. It's simple, it's clear, and it matters. So pay attention.

It is about respect.

We're going to cover three things:

Don't send emails on the weekend Don't send emails late nights Don't send emails on holidays

Next time, draft it. Save it. Sleep on it. Watch how, in the morning light, it isn't urgent at all. It's just a thing you wanted at an hour that wasn't yours to take.

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[0:05] It could have waited. You knew it when you wrote it. But the discomfort of not sending the anxiety of holding a thought felt like someone else's problem to absorb. Here's what I want you to know. This isn't complicated. It's simple, but it's clear and it matters. So, pay attention. >> >> It is about respect. >> Don't send emails on the [singing] weekend. Don't send emails late at night. >> [singing] >> Don't send emails on the holidays. >> Next time, draft it. >> >> Save it. Sleep on it. Watch how in the morning light it isn't urgent at all.

[1:01] It's just a thing you wanted. And an hour that wasn't yours to take.