Do you respond to texts right away? What are some texting habits you have?

https://thecoffeemonsterzco.com/blogs/midnight-blogging/journaling-prompts

The simple answer for the first question is “yes”. I typically respond to text messages right away. Why? Because if I don’t I’ll probably forget to do it later unless I know that I need to wait for some reason.

As for habits, well, I’m one of those silly people who is painfully aware of the fact that I will frequently use “lol” to start and/or end a text message, and also use it like it’s a period between sentences. I am so painfully aware of this habit that I occasionally catch myself doing it repeatedly and end up rewriting the next few messages I send.

Another texting habit is inconsistently using capitalized letters or punctuation. Texting is, often, so informal that I don’t see the need to go that far if I can fire off a quick message that doesn’t need to be perfectly constructed.

On the subject of texting, I’ll end with this one little tidbit. I’m very much in the camp of “texting for everything” instead of making phone calls, but that’s a habitual choice. I’m perfectly comfortable taking and making phone calls all day if needed, where other people these days often refuse to do that for some reason or another. (My understanding is that it’s usually anxiety about talking on the phone.)