It may surprise you how many people can adapt to your speed of doing things. There are very, very few people in my life who expect me to respond to them right away.

One is my boss, but even he understands that if he messages me in the middle of a class (because I’m a teacher), he’s not getting a response until I have a free block. And outside school hours, all bets are off.

You can’t please all of the people, all of the time. But you can help other people manage their expectations by letting them know what you find reasonable. You might get some friction at first, but they’ll figure it out.

I found out recently that my kids get offended when I read one of their texts and don’t respond right away. People are so needy these days. Makes me want to turn off texting on my phone.

It does blow their minds that I routinely go days without picking up my phone and that I don’t use social media apps.

Gotta reset expectations, lol.

Everyone knows I’ll respond when I can. I have friends who’s work means they’ll be unresponsive for hours - we all know it.

I try to be very responsive to certain people.