Chiropractic Economics Blog

While getting ready for work, I had one of those morning news programs on and could not believe my ears. While most of the news was much of the same from the night before, one story caught my attention.
The story was on e-mail and how we, as a society, are addicted to it. According to AOL Mail’s fourth annual E-mail Addiction Survey (www.ChiroEco.com/e-mailaddiction), nearly half (46%) of e-mail users said they’re hooked on e-mail (up from just 15% last year) and 51% check their e-mail four or more times a day (up from 45% in 2007). One in five said they check their e-mail more than 10 times a day. While I originally laughed at the statistics it was reporting, it got me thinking.
While I am not one of those hooked on e-mail, I am among the one in five that check it more than 10 times a day. And how can I not be?
My inbox is filled with “businessy” items such as article submissions, editorial inquiries, and newsletters keeping me up-to-date with the world…chiropractic and otherwise. And if I haven’t checked my e-mail, what kind of a response can I give to people who call to ask if I got their e-mail?
My e-mail program is always on, and in order to efficiently do my job, it needs to be. There it is, running silently behind my other open programs because, for me, 95% of the e-mails I receive are work-related; rarely do I get personal messages, and nowadays you can spot the spam.
So, am I addicted? No, I would just say I am an e-mail advocate. How about you? Do you find yourself addicted to your e-mail, or do you see it as an effective, business tool?