Has anyone else found themselves being less frivolous in their communication with others?

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It seems like the practice of keeping a Zettelkasten and actively writing, rewriting, and engaging with notes every day has made me value other people's time to a greater degree. I was writing a text to a colleague earlier, and my thought process was fixed on how useful this text would be to the other person, especially when it's related to work. Do they need this information? Am I expecting a response to this text? Do I want a response to this text? Do I want to add this work to my plate? Do I care about this information? Will this information be useful to either one of us in the future, or am I just wasting both our time with useless filler? All this and more within the first 5 seconds before sending the text. I figured out that I was just wasting time and looking for someone to talk to, I just read a few work-related articles instead.

I chose not to send he text, or spend the next 10-15 minutes writing a useless email. The work was unimportant, unnecessary, and I could spend the next hour busying myself with something useful.

Posted Oct 10, 2025, 7:23 PM UTC

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