It’s not too personal, but I can’t really tell you much more than I have a gut feeling it’s probably inspired from this quote. Unfortunately, I don’t know consciously just what it is I’m doing—can’t see the pattern yet—but my subconscious is doing something and it works, apparently.
Or, that’s what I would have said two days ago, probably. Now I’m noticing more and more that the same kind of social “reaction” to me also seems to happen in strangers that I haven’t talked to yet! This leads me to suspect the pattern may be more meta than I expected, such as something about my general posture / behavior / appearance.
Still, even that is a valid tactic in most cases (be prepared, be attractive, be approachable, etc.), but it seems poorly suited to the context of the great-grand-parent.
It’s not too personal, but I can’t really tell you much more than I have a gut feeling it’s probably inspired from this quote. Unfortunately, I don’t know consciously just what it is I’m doing—can’t see the pattern yet—but my subconscious is doing something and it works, apparently.
Or, that’s what I would have said two days ago, probably. Now I’m noticing more and more that the same kind of social “reaction” to me also seems to happen in strangers that I haven’t talked to yet! This leads me to suspect the pattern may be more meta than I expected, such as something about my general posture / behavior / appearance.
Still, even that is a valid tactic in most cases (be prepared, be attractive, be approachable, etc.), but it seems poorly suited to the context of the great-grand-parent.