I’ve been listening to a lot of my past voice memos with people, including my grandmother (from 2013 and 2014 especially), and they’re cringy.
Why?
Because I kept interrupting them, forcibly so. I was recording the voice memos to preserve their memories as colorful characters in my life. To learn about how the world looks from their eyes.
So why did I interrupt them so much? Rudely interrupted them over and over again…
I was always overly excited to give my input, and sometimes I’d do it at the wrong time. It would sadly make the conversation more scattered and less cohesive.
One of my big regrets- not listening to others more.
The subject matter was always intense and deep, but I ruined it. I can only imagine how they felt.