№3 Don't Bother to be a Bother

Gosh, I feel like I would be so insufferable if I wasn't so inhibited. Maybe not,  and I'm just being down on myself. Anyway. I wish I were better at talking. I'm not the best at starting conversations, but I can perpetuate them to some degree. When I do start conversations, usually it's just a burst of something 'cause I guess I don't really express my own self-motivated thoughts often. Thoughts that aren't just centered around someone else's thing. I love to hear what people think & also receive feedbak on what I thought. I dunno if it's just too much or if I'm hard to understand, but people tend to only respond to, like...The first part of what I say, usually a question, answer that, and then not say anything else about the other things I've said.

I could just be, like, "Well, what'd you think about this part? Did you like this? What'd you like about this?" It's easy to get a yes or no, or "the what", but most of the detail lies in the whys and hows I feel. Those tend to be much harder to receive. I just want feedbak on the things I like and express really. Questions, thoughts...I try to do that with others & I'd appreciate it if that were reciprocated more often. I could ask, but I feel like it may come off as nitpicky or annoying, or that I bother people sometimes with my rants or (potentially) saying something that is inaccurate when I'm trying to capture the essence of what they're saying...I'll gradually shift my conversation style over time & see how that goes