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Currently listening to: Lonely – RM (from BTS)
I shot a million stars to let you know
So many trivial thoughts are on the floor
And now I hate the buildings I don’t even know
Just wanna go back home
ian m dudley is sharing night photos as open prompts. I thought I would partake in this.
As I listen to my mom on the phone, I think to myself, “Damn. She could win the gold medal if talking on the phone was an Olympic sport.” She loves calling her friends, catching up with them, and gossiping about everything and nothing. She has the stamina to go hours and hours.
Just overhearing her go at it is exhausting. I mean, it is impressive… but what the hell do people have to talk about for hours at a time in one sitting?
I am the complete opposite. Text, DM me instead. I like being efficient, I can do multiple things while texting, granted, I am “not in the moment” but the enthusiasm is there. I can be out and about and text if needed. DMs is a bit different because I do not have my notifications set up for my socials. But regardless, both text and DM, I’ll get to it when I get to it is kinda my attitude about that.
When my phone rings, I automatically let it go to voicemail. If it’s important, they’ll leave me a voicemail. The only time I can’t do that is when work calls me on my work cell. I have to answer the phone when I’m on the clock.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been trained to keep the conversation moving along because time is of the essence when I’m with a patient. I’ve got other people in the queue so it’s important that I extract the most pertinent information as soon as humanly possible.
I remember one of my exes looooved talking on the phone. He just could not get enough of it. His voice was soothing, I’ll give him that but after a long day of listening to people, there’s only so much rambling I can process before I fall asleep. And trust, I’ve fallen asleep many times while he was talking.
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