Checking emails: Applications Anonymous 6pm club?

[HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh]

Hi guys! I know a lot of others are in the same boat as me, constantly checking emails/application portals to see if anything has come through. I think it's really affecting my productivity and ability to concentrate, so....

I thought starting next week I am going to restrict myself to checking my emails once per day, at 6pm each day. Which will hopefully reduce the anxiety--at least after I get in a routine!

Anyone want to join me in this, and make a 6pm club?

 

[Veep9]

I wish I had the will to sign up successfully to this. It's a great idea!

 

[Holly]

I like this a lot. It doesn’t help that some firms got back to me with rejections / AC’s on the weekend last year too...

So I definitely like the idea of just checking once a day!

 

[Elle W]

That is a great idea but like @Veep9 I definitely do not have enough self restraint!

I think also the fact that it's a pandemic is making everything harder because there aren't exactly lots of fun things to do to take our minds of the application stress!

 

[Naomi U]

Hi guys! I know a lot of others are in the same boat as me, constantly checking emails/application portals to see if anything has come through. I think it's really affecting my productivity and ability to concentrate, so....

I thought starting next week I am going to restrict myself to checking my emails once per day, at 6pm each day. Which will hopefully reduce the anxiety--at least after I get in a routine!

Anyone want to join me in this, and make a 6pm club?

Sounds like a great idea! I wish I had done this during my applications- would have saved me the mini heart attacks every time I got a new email ( half the time it was food related 🙄)

 

[Jacob Miller]

Love this idea! I set myself a rule that I would check my emails no more than every 4-5 hours and it helped my sanity immeasurably when I was waiting on apps. Would 100% encourage everyone to sign up to this!!

 

[SS1]

I like this a lot. It doesn’t help that some firms got back to me with rejections / AC’s on the weekend last year too...

So I definitely like the idea of just checking once a day!

And there was me thinking I could relax for the weekend 🤦‍♀️

 

[SS1]

Hi guys! I know a lot of others are in the same boat as me, constantly checking emails/application portals to see if anything has come through. I think it's really affecting my productivity and ability to concentrate, so....

I thought starting next week I am going to restrict myself to checking my emails once per day, at 6pm each day. Which will hopefully reduce the anxiety--at least after I get in a routine!

Anyone want to join me in this, and make a 6pm club?

Great idea - I will ermm well I'll try

 

[Alice G]

Also love this idea!

 

[HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh]

Hope everybody is having a productive and (relatively) low anxiety day! Keep off those emails and do the things you've been meaning to tackle for ages

 

[Holly]

Hope everybody is having a productive and (relatively) low anxiety day! Keep off those emails and do the things you've been meaning to tackle for ages

How has it been going for you? Thanks again for sharing this idea. I’ve kept off it so far and it’s really helped

 

[Jaysen]

Very impressed that you guys have managed this. Would be curious to know how it has impacted your stress levels!

 

[HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh]

Very impressed that you guys have managed this. Would be curious to know how it has impacted your stress levels!

I feel a lot better!

Got a full day's work done in my actual job, just checked my email now and have seen that nobody has contacted me anyway! So I'm glad I spent my time more productively and plan to do the same tomorrow. I think I also felt a lot better too, making myself push it out of mind for the whole day.

Would recommend to others--even if the whole day is too much set a goal (lunchtime, 6pm?) and consciously cut down.

 

[Lily721]

Can report that today was much better than last Friday, which was probably the worst day since I started applying this time around. Admittedly, I did check my email a few times as I was expecting other emails but definitely feel better not checking it every five minutes. I do feel a bit restless with the agonisingly long waits with some firms, but it is more manageable.

 

[HorsesForCoursesNeighNeighNeigh]

So I've been very successful at not checking my emails, which has been helped by the fact that I'm being entirely ghosted! 😁

 

[Jaysen]

While I’m not going through the application process, today is the first day I have removed email notifications from my phone. A weird feeling!

 

[Chloe L]

I’d love to join this but I know I won’t stick to it! 😂

 

[Veep9]

I feel like I need to add this website to my “don’t refresh” list. Seeing people get ACs is lovely and terrifying at the same time. 😳

 

[Chloe L]

I feel like I need to add this website to my “don’t refresh” list. Seeing people get ACs is lovely and terrifying at the same time. 😳

Big time!!!