There is JUST No way!

I understand. I have over 500 emails again this morning and just don't have the time to respond to them all. I also felt the need to apologize to other members more than once when I wasn't able to respond to all discussions. We can only do what we can do!

I am always behind. Even when I was using my own computer. Doing this at the library on the way to work makes it harder as i only have an hour at a time to work with. I just go through what I can a figure I'll catch up eventually. Living life online means missing the real world and then what would we talk about. i think most folks understand a bit of lag time between responses. it's still faster than snail mail and a lot more social in an environment like mylot.

oh yes... i know how it feels to be overwhelmed by so many emails... and i also can't catch up with all the discussions sometimes... it is just too much... when that happens, i just give up and say sorry to all the people who had responded to my discussions... that's why i prefer to respond more than to create discussions as i don't want to face this problem... take care and have a nice day...

Don't worry about this. I am sure that we have all been behind on here and I know that we don't always answer all of our friends discussions. We are all busy and we all know what it is like to be behind. Answer what you can and before long you will be finding that you have written alot of responses.

Yes I have been behind a couple of times, once when I went away on holiday for a week and then again just recently as I have not been online as much. Going away for a week was bad as I think I had 1900 emails when I got back, it took me months to catch up with them but I did. Mind you I was online loads then.

i know what you mean...don't worry,it happens to everyone all the time

I am constantly, hon. Do not worry about it or stress out. It is not a crime. I never can keep up, I have thirty six pages of friends. Or more, I am not sure. I was gone all day. I upgraded Firefox this a.m. and have had nothing but trouble this evening. Good luck, have fun, do not worry.

You don't need to tell me. There's days I just Thank God I'm even able to get out of bed so do what you can. That's the nice thing about myLot, no one here hates you for what you can't do, we love you for what you can do. Do what you can and what you can't Oh well. Take Care. Hope you get caught up and feeling better soon.

There was one discussion that just threw me over the edge. What I ended up doing was I stopped trying to respond to all of them at once. I would answer 1 or 2 a day and after about a month I got caught up. I know how you feel. Especially when people will give close or the same response as someone else. Then you feel like you are typing the same thing over and over again.

Yes I have. Anytime I take a day off from my computer, or lose interest in Mylot for a short time, I find myself overwhelmed with discussions and responses. I handle it by only reading title of a discussion, and if it's not interesting I skip past it. I will also skim my responses and if I can't really add to it without thinking on it, I'll skip it. Sometimes if I think it deserves a response I'll save it and go back later when I have more time or am not feeling as overwhelmed.

Hey louise, I have been behind when I just miss part of a day! Don't worry your friends will understand. Just calm down and do what you can and then you will catch up sooner or later. I will tell you what I do. If I am behind even one day I go through the discussions really quickly and since I know how my friends discussions move fairly quickly in some cases if I don't answer them in one day even I know that I have already been missed and counted out. So I answer the ones that I think I still can add something to and then I just keep going through the rest until I have gotten caught up. You can't miss days and expect to catch up here. It's impossible because the emails just keep piling up. They just keep coming. It's rare that I do finish them all and if I actually do get finished I am so happy that I get to look for some others for a change. So just do what you can and I'm sure your friends will understand.

Yup I understand. Don't worry about it. As far as I can see not a lot of people respond to everyones post to their discussion anyway. I know I do as quickly as I can but sometimes it can take days before I can get back on here.