IRC, and being intentionally online

I have a lot of avenues to reach me. Arguably too many - I struggle to keep track of (much less reply to) everything. Some friends are on Matrix, some are on Telegram, a couple are on Discord. Sometimes I'll even get an odd notification from FB Messenger, or Instagram chat, or an SMS, or a call. And that's just friends -- my public profiles have separate IM inboxes on the Fediverse, or Twitter, or…