1 October 2025

Emailing myself

Kept it a secret for far too long, but:

I love emailing myself.

Especially when there's some spillover between my work and private life. I'll copy paste passages of text, links and whatever else, attach files or screenshots into a blank email with reckless abandon and send it straight to my personal inbox.

Heard it's frowned upon these days. I love it. Every time I send an email to myself, I feel a rebel. Look at me, quietly defying the convention of the day and using these things in a way that works perfectly fine for me.

Speaking of. I attended a class on using MS Teams the other day.

The message? "Stop using email to communicate. Use Teams. Always!"

Yeah, thanks, but no thanks.