Every time I log into Journaly after a few weeks of absence, I face a problem: I have too many unread posts from people I follow and I feel obligated to read them all. First of all, because they're probably interesting — that's why I followed those people in the first place. But also, because some of those people read and comment on things I publish and even provide corrections.

You know the feeling when you have a task so big, you don't even know where to start? Imagine a pile of dishes so big that it'd take a few hours to wash. You have to allocate time to do this in one go. Or you could take a few minutes to do one batch, just to put a dent in it.

The issue I have with Journaly is, I can't go through unread posts in batches. Right now, I have a notification about more than one hundred unread posts. If I click on any of them, it won't go away. I can only mark the whole hundred as read.

I intend to return to language learning after a brief hiatus, so I'd like to post something at least once a month. But it's like I can't do it unless I sort out my feed.

I feel bad just publishing it, because it's as if my posts require the attention that I’m not giving to others.