Checking email can feel like a race. Respond, respond, delete, archive, respond, flag as spam, delete, delete, delete. But it doesn’t have to be like this.
We should remember to invite things into our inbox that we want to see, things that bring absolutely no stress with the message they carry.
Try it.
Reach out to someone — a client, a friend — with no agenda whatsoever. Only to show them love. Or interest.
They’ll respond with the same unneedy gesture, and you’ll both have a bench to sit on in the middle of the marathon.
A 5-second meetup.
A smile in your back pocket.
Joy on demand.