Microprocessing

What a Compulsive Email Habit Does to Your Mind and Relationships

Workaholism is just the start

Angela Lashbrook
OneZero
Published in
7 min readOct 16, 2019

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Photo by Tayler Smith; Prop Styling by Caroline Dorn

Every morning when I wake up, I roll over and check my email.

Usually there’s nothing that can’t wait: some press releases about new studies, the occasional email from an editor, and plenty of spam. The checking is a compulsion…

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Angela Lashbrook
OneZero

I’m a columnist for OneZero, where I write about the intersection of health & tech. Also seen at Elemental, The Atlantic, VICE, and Vox. Brooklyn, NY.