I am writing this entry instead of writing an email

[yuuago]

Man, writing emails makes me want to keel over.

At work, it's no problem; I can send hundreds of work-related emails every day without breaking a sweat. It's not a big deal at all.

But outside of work, writing a short email to ask someone a very simple question makes me want to dig a hole and stay in there, like some kind of very anxious badger.

Why.

(Brains, am I right?)

Comments

[ireneultramarine]

Maybe it's something to do with the formulaic nature of work/school emails? As long as you put the right words in the right order, nothing can go too wrong. Whenever I contact someone outside of work/school contexts though, I'll have to be more careful with what I say and how I phrase it, so that I think I'm not coming off as too serious/flippant/disrespectful/rude etc.

Man, this social interaction thing is hard...

[yuuago]

Yeah, the script sure helps. "Have run report for month X. See attached. Please let me know if anything needs to be changed." Or whatever.

But outside of that... Aaaaah.

Being a human is such a challenge. :|a