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Takshashil Shambharkar
Software Engineering Manager · May 29, 2020
My team is geographically distributed, so I can not really complain about late-night emails. Well, I am one of them. However, we can not deny the harsh reality of after office hours messages. My mobile data is always ON (coz if I turn it off, I forget to turn it on again) and it keeps on buzzing even if I am on bed. We push ourselves to finish everything before going to bed and an unread email always tells us about unfinished business. There's always an urge to open that unread message. A phenomenon called the Zeigarnik effect points to why unread email can haunt our days and even our dreams. This explains why cliffhangers at the end of TV shows compel us to hit "next episode" instead of going to sleep. Remember Netflix ?? Here's another good read which emphasizes on this habit and how one can be productive while staying healthy.