Texted my friend back today, finally. It had been sitting unread for 19 days, and I kept telling myself tomorrow, then tomorrow again.
It wasn’t even a long message. Just checking in, said work’s been a lot, asked how she’s doing, mentioned we should grab coffee once things calm down a bit. She wrote back almost right away, which honestly made me feel worse about the wait.
I noticed I’ve been doing this with a few people lately, not just her. Dad’s appointments took over most of the calendar this month and everything else just got pushed to whenever, and whenever has a way of turning into never if I let it.
Not making some big resolution out of this. The plan is small — reply the same day, even if it’s two lines, even if it’s just “saw this, more later.” That’s it for now. Just wanted to log that today I actually did it instead of planning to do it later.