Unopened letters don’t get lighter sitting on the counter. They collect interest in stress.

Things you refuse to look at keep working in the background. A bill does not stop being due, a notice does not stop counting down, and meanwhile the pile on the counter becomes a small permanent weight you carry into every room. Avoidance charges you daily for a problem you have not even read.

Set aside twenty minutes, open everything at once, and sort into what needs action and what does not. You may find less than you feared. If something genuinely needs handling, you now have a task with a deadline instead of a fog with no edges.