Staring down 2 full pages of starred emails (i.e., "respond to this person") from just the last 5 days. Was just thinking how badly I need some time off. This is not helping.
@briankrebs My theory is that if you use something to prioritize your messages, they ALL become high priority pretty quickly. Nather’s Law of Equivalency, or something
@myraccoonhands i feel like it’s not really a vacation if work still piles up when you’re gone. You spend the time off worrying about all the work you have to do when you get back. My hot take is that all emails received during PTO can and should be deleted as soon as you get back. If it’s important they’ll ask again.
@thefreehunter Yes. And the fact that your vacation is spent to rest from work doesn’t make it feel good knowing you have to go back in and pick up where you left off and then some…
@briankrebs Make an auto responder, grab your back pack and go. Seriously. There’s only so much of YOU and a world of NEED out there so, save yourself. If you burn out, nothing gets done.