Bad habit

Friends are often amazed by how quickly I reply to their emails, as if I sit in front of the PC all day waiting for emails.

The fact is, I do sit in front of the PC many hours a day. But equally importantly, I have the bad habit of reading and then replying to emails immediately, regardless what I am doing at that moment. I am like this both now and in the old days when I worked in an office. Moreover, back then I cleared my in-tray almost as quickly as I cleared my in-box.

Needless to say, nowadays I don't have an in-tray to clear.