I have always had this (some might say bizarre) thing where if I’m waiting to get an answer on something and the answer comes in a “package”, I procrastinate opening the package for a long time. By package I mean if it comes in an email or a voice mail or some other message format. My reasoning (as irrational as this is I’ve still got reasoning) is that if I don’t open it then I can still hold on to the hope that it’s a positive answer. If I look and it’s a negative response, all hope is lost.
Last night I sent a follow-up email to my contact at a company I am very interested in. I had a phone interview several weeks ago that I felt went very well and they had told me it would be a few weeks but I figured there was no harm in showing interest and initiative.
This morning at 10:51 a.m. I received an email back. Four hours later, it remains unopened.
Cluck, Cluck
