Is this what life is really like for most people? Are you all riding a firehose of incoming texts that need attention? Looking over the Messages app on my iPho

Is this what life is really like for most people? Are you all riding a firehose of incoming texts that need attention? Looking over the Messages app on my iPhone, it’s basically just: * stuff from my wife * iMessage group chat with my wife and daughter * “your cell phone bill is ready to view” * one friend who always has hilarious memes on tap * “here’s your temporary password for some random WiFi network” * “your dumplings order is ready to be picked up!” * “you’re eligible for a reward at the crepe place!” * political spam that was addressed to someone else * “it’s time to schedule your next dental appointment!” * “your Uber code is ...” * “reminder: your child’s annual physical is coming up on ...” * “you’ve logged into your Aeroflot account from ...” I’ve scrolled as far back as January while typing out this comment. Note that I don’t delete texts for the same reason I don’t delete email: “what if I need to go back to it later?” is commonly a guiding principle for me. There’s no barrage of texts from anyone who isn’t an automated system already, and those can certainly wait. My email looks quite similar, and has become so full of automatons that I only open my inbox rarely in order to find a specific message, such as an email address verification ping.