Since 2004 Iapos;ve been archiving my SMS inbox by typing the messages individually into my computer and burning them onto CDs/uploading them somewhere. Back when my SMS volume wasnapos;t that large and I used to have more time, I used to type in every single message I received, but as I received more messages and had less time to archive these messages, there arose a need to be selective of the messages I do type in.
There are many reasons for which I archive some messages and not others; for instance, I consciously try to achieve an even spread of messages from each author. But as I had to make more and more decisions whether to ditch or keep messages, I realised that I have a tendency to archive the messages that really piss me off, or when the author of the message had been a jerk while composing that message. I think I need to remember the bad things that people write and do so that I wonapos;t accidentally go too close/talk for too long to someone I should realise is a jerk and get myself hurt or upset again, like how I was hurt or upset by the messages that I received earlier.
Curiously, the number of times I keep these what I call poisonous messages seem to far surpass the messages that I keep because I really like what the author said. And I wonder why I deserve so many poisonous messages in my Inbox in the first place. Possibly because I might have sent similarly jerkish messages out to start with, so it shouldnapos;t be a surprise that I got such messages back. This aside, many poisonous messages I received were inevitable because they were exchanged in order to get something done which I have to do.
But I realised that many poisonous messages were avoidable, and I had asked for it by continuingmdash;or worse, startingmdash;the conversation. I realised that I need to start adopting a zero-tolerance policy against poisonous messages, by refraining from starting or continuing conversations that might lead to my receiving messages I wouldnapos;t like to receive, judging either from the way the conversation is going, or from the identity of the person Iapos;m talking to. And for the poisonous messages I�receive out of the blue (without my saying anything first), my policy should be to delete the message at once and live my life as though Iapos;ve never received the message. No one can pollute or poison my inbox unless I�let them. And not replying messages is often the most effective and damaging punishment one can render to the sender.
As I�recently realised.
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