if your hobby has alerting, it's a job, not a hobby
what if, instead of being notified when sth's wrong, you get notified when everything is ok?
When you see the notification, it makes you happy.
When you're busy it doesn't distract / sadden you even more.
If you have time and remember that there was no notification, you maybe start to worry, so you check it.
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"Hi, I'm fine, and how are you?"