It's In Their Court

You sent the email and now you're waiting…waiting for the feedback, the file, the decision. Moving on feels like betrayal—like the moment you shift gears, the reply will arrive and you won't be ready.

So you hover. You refresh, and refresh again. As if your project will lose progress because you worked on something else for two hours.

You've conflated presence with progress, and that mental proximity costs you hours and produces nothing.

The solution is easy. Write down, in one sentence, exactly where the stalled project stands and what the next step is the moment it unblocks. That's your placeholder—your re-entry point. Now move on.

Collaboration has always moved in volleys. Accept that, and your productivity becomes something you own, not something you wait for.