Took me 4 hours to craft a simple follow-up email that should've taken 30 minutes max

I spent way too long overthinking a follow-up email to a client who ghosted me after a solid first call. It was just a simple check-in to see if they still needed help with their website redesign, but I kept second-guessing every word. I rewrote the subject line like 6 times before I settled on something basic like "Checking in on your project." Then I started worrying about sounding too pushy or not pushy enough, and before I knew it the whole morning was gone. I finally sent it around 2 PM and they replied back within an hour with a yes. Has anyone else wasted way too much time on a simple email that ended up not mattering that much?

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juliaa6515d ago

that's always how it goes, isn't it

the_rose15d ago

My car's been perfecting that routine for years.

hannahj4915d ago

The real trick is that overthinking actually delayed you from getting that yes, so the worry was the only problem all along.