Comments on: My 100% guilt-free email policy

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:16:17 +0000

*snort*

@Bev – you should just post your pecan bar recipe here. Or on your blog. Or both. And then if she ever remembers that she asked for it, nearly seventeen years later, you can just LINK TO IT!

Aside, how is 1992 almost seventeen years ago? I would have sworn it was more like ten.

@Rachel – I know. I do it to. And it’s funny how it never occurs to me to think that my “poor bewildered email recipients” might have no idea what’s going through my head. :)

By: Bev Barnett

Bev Barnett — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:07:01 +0000

Wow. This could be life changing. First email, then maybe I can stop stressing over never having given my pecan bar recipe to the woman who asked for it in 1992. Bev Barnetts last blog post..O Come All Ye Faithful/The First Noel

By: Rachel Whalley

Rachel Whalley — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:08:03 +0000

I think I needed to read this today, because I have been "guilty" of sending guilt-tinged emails. For some silly reason, I don't expect anyone else to respond within 24 hours, but I expect it of myself. Like anybody asked me to. Thanks for helping me remember that it is silly, and it's a conversation to have with myself and my own expectations, rather than with my poor, bewildered email recipients. Rachel Whalleys last blog post..How Long Does It Take To Heal?

By: dpaul

dpaul — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:37:29 +0000

Say what you like Havi, I wait with baited breath for my Havigrams... Even when Selma is making fun of me. Don't think I can't hear it duckie. dpauls last blog post..Ma Descente SuprÃªme!

By: Havi Brooks

Havi Brooks — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:20:11 +0000

Funny!

I hope this starts a run of Guilt-Free Policies. I find apologetic “I hate myself for not getting back to you” emails as boring as the “Hi, I haven’t posted for a while” posts. Let’s all just forgive ourselves! It’s life. It happens. :)

By: Mahala

Mahala — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:18:36 +0000

Love it. What I especially love imbedded in there is the concept "and if you need to hear from me I trust you'll email again." 100% guilt-free goes both ways. I trust you to reply when it works and I trust us both to tap-tap each other again IF a response is especially needed. Responsibility - ability to respond. Mahalas last blog post..Prayer Bead Malas and Jewelry

By: Mark W. "Some Guy on Bridge" Schumann

Mark W. "Some Guy on Bridge" Schumann — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:15:43 +0000

Great policy! I’ll adopt it like… like TWINS!

And (for me) the corollary is, if you need an answer right away, perhaps email isn’t the best choice. I have a phone. People can call it. If they think they lack permission to call me, then see the Guilt-Free Email Policy.

By: Avital

Avital — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:12:57 +0000

That can finally end all endless polite-replies-e-mail-thread. There is really no end to it, unless you reassure the recipient that a response is really not necessary. No hard feelings :) Avitals last blog post..Inspiration Prompt #30 - Who Is Different?

By: James | Dancing Geek

James | Dancing Geek — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:11:43 +0000

Me thinks this is a blogging therapy post in the making too. My 100% Guilt Free Posting Policy There is no need to feel guilty when you don't blog regularly, or ever. The end. Plus all the other stuff, except replace email with write a blog post. I have seriously considered writing posts that say "Sorry, I'm not feeling like writing posts at the moment, please don't hate me." Fortunately, I realised I really didn't need to do that (plus, it required, like effort!) James | Dancing Geeks last blog post..Day 2: Already getting bored!

By: Megan M.

Megan M. — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:51:15 +0000

HA! I freaking love it! Megan M.s last blog post..Parents and Growing