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Keeping the Door Ajar: WhatsApp, Boundaries, and the Ghost of Networking

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[remember thought]: You’ve been ignoring those WhatsApp messages since the time you reinstalled it days ago.

[conscience thought]: You’re not like them.

[conscious thought]: Okay, but not all of them. Some knew why.

[emotions]: sad, pressured

[actions]: replied to the messages

[conscious]: i’m not obliged to reply as soon as I can, am I?

[remember thought]: i know you believed once that messages should be responded within 24 hours. why is that again?

[critical thought]: because you are a people pleaser and in the name of ‘networking.’ LOL. pathetic. you’ve trained yourself every waking hour to be a ‘yes’ girl, eh? Pathetic.

[body]: hayy! big sigh

[conscious]: when do you think is the best-guestimate then?

[realistic thought]: depends, maybe, on the kind of messages and relationship to that person

[conscious]: I have no more desire yet to respond to messages. I am not even attempting to open Instagram. But damn, naa pa japon ang LinkedIn sa akong sistema. Phew!

[directive thought]: then, stop. what’s the problem? unsay lisoran? hunonga

[conscious thought]: hay mura podkag akong bana mang-istorya. sumo

[sarcastic thought]: hahaha! sigeg reklamo unya tambagan malain. ma bwesit. unsa ba na oy. tralala

[conscious]: hayy please. i’m still torn if I still keep WhatsApp.

[social thought]: you still need connections with other people you’ve liked and befriended.

[conscious]: my concern, once it’s installed, I keep checking on it. It’s like opening a door just for the sake for being there, just in case, someone would knock and enter.

[body]: attempted to open WhatsApp and message KNB for other group chat alternative but stopped.

[reminder]: finish this convo shit

[planner thought]: here’s the plan. message Jomari and if it’s ok the group chat will be in text message app.

[analytical thought]: on the one hand.. hmm.. but it makes sense WhatsApp is for KNB only. And text for family and business/govt reminders. right? In that way, kabalo ka asa ka padulong.

[problem thought]: Ang issue is sige sya ug open sa WhatsApp if naa bay gold. Whatever.

[conscious]: Okay—

[interrupter thought]: ma-angin tang tanan or ang uban kay dili sya ka control sa iyang kaugalingon. Whatever

[conscious]: Okay makes sense. I’ll keep it.

[informative thought]: ingon mangud sila nga makadaot daw ng daghang interruptions like notifications sa productivity.

[dismissive conscious]: productivity my ass. LOL. Wala naman ni syay ka-busyhan nga bae so kaya na niya oi.. pag sure.

[solution conscious]: I’ll keep WhatsApp open for KNB’s sake

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