The Yorck Project/Wikimedia Commons
"Cossacks of Saporog Are Drafting a Manifesto," by Russian artist Ilya Repin
What's Email Debt Forgiveness Day? It's the day when you are allowed to respond to those weeks or months (or years?!)-old emails that are sitting in your inbox, still waiting for a response, without shame.
You don't have to apologize. You don't have to agonize over what the receiver will think about getting a response embarrassingly late. Just respond, and you will be forgiven.
The idea came out of Gimlet Media's Reply All podcast. They've even set up a page that explains what is going on, so there's no need to try to stumble through it yourself. Just respond and include this link.
If this doesn't work for you, I'm declaring tomorrow Email Bankruptcy Day. Just go ahead and delete everything that's unread. If anyone asks why you didn't respond, send them the link to this post.
@Choire Can there also be an email holiday where you just delete your entire inbox and people forgive you for never responding?
- Shane (@shaneferro) April 30, 2015