Addiction is like email. With my apologies to Why for borrowing. Email has become the default action while online. At least it has for me and I’m guessing many others. What are we looking for when we check email every few moments? After watching Lars Pind’s screencast on PeepCode I decided to try to back off on the checking.

It hasn’t been long so I don’t have much to report. Yet. The interesting thing so far has been that I am more aware of how often I used to check. Earlier today I was in line at REI waiting to exchange some shoes and was ready to reach into my pocket to grab my iPhone and check email. Instead I took a deep breath and looked around at my surroundings. I didn’t really need to check my email, it was just the default action. The other thing that I have noticed is that emailing has become more intentional. I am really focused on it when I am doing it. The goal is two times a day. I’m not sure how that will work out, but I’m giving it a shot. I’ll report back more after a while.

In the mean time I highly recommend checking out Lars Pind on Coach TV. I think he is on to something.