Consider your own expectations regarding texting.

A few things I keep in mind is timing. If it's an inappropriate time to make a phone call it's inappropriate to make a text. If it's more than a sentence or two, perhaps you should be making a phone call instead. Don't expect the other person to always reply. I don't respond unless a response is asked for. As for subject matter, if it's inappropriate for the phone, it's inappropriate for a text.

How to limit your texting then. Well considering the appropriate timing ought to curb lot of this. Learning to not expect immediate responses should cut things back too. And finally, what about making a call instead>