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Don't Start It
medium connection 40 min +40 XP
With someone close, don't open the conversation and don't rush to fill the silence.
Why this matters
Whoever always starts the conversation never finds out whether the other person would have.
What to do
Pick someone with whom you almost always start the conversation, and spend one evening near them in silence. Be in the same room, do your own thing, but do not ask questions and do not offer news first. When a pause appears, do not rush to fill it — count to ten in your head and leave it. If they speak, answer normally and fully; this is not the silent treatment. Notice what rises in you during the quiet: anxiety, resentment, boredom, the urge to check that everything is all right. At the end of the evening note who spoke first, and about what.
Afterwards
What am I usually checking with my questions — how they are, or that I am still needed?
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