LISTEN, LISTEN, LISTEN

JUST WHEN YOU got over Zoom awkwardness, IRL awkwardness elbowed its way back into your life. There you are getting out of your car at the dry cleaner or standing at the dog park or grocery store with someone you kinda know and…what are you supposed to say again? I just got back from my first psychology conference in a long time, and while it felt great to finally be around people, my social-skills A game was AWOL. Just making small talk felt like so much work.

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