Tool Obsession

Some are prone to miss the forest for the trees. Others miss the trees for focusing on the forest.

The allergic like me will totally avoid any sort of forest and trees in the springtime.

Anyone who knows me will agree - I can definitely overfocus on the small details. Obsess, they will sometimes say. Sometimes innocently. Sometimes accusingly.

So what?  :)

One of my latest hyperfocus victims are email providers. Which are secure. Which are encrypted. Which ones track you and which are easier with government information petitions than the gal that hangs out on the street corner.

It’s true, I spent a good long time looking over and over….and over….and over all the email options available because I needed to find one. But once I found one, I just kind of got hooked. Follow them on Reddit. Check the release notes. Track for possible updates every other day. Or every day.

It’s a lot. And I know I’m prone to it. Surely I am the only human being on planet earth. That does that.

It’s a tough habit to break. And to some degree, it’s not really bad at all. But it’s important to remind myself not to lose focus on what the email program is for:

To send and receive, to receive and to send. Emails.

So this is a message from me to myself (and I) - make sure to actually USE the email program you have.

And in more general terms: It’s cool to drool over every small detail of your new toy (be it that shiny Apple product, new car, new pet / kid / significant other / email program) but don’t lose the reason and purpose for that thing (or person) in your life.

As short as it is. Life.