Silence feels neutral.
To the person waiting on you,
it never is.
They don't know you're heads-down.
They fill the quiet with the worst guess.
Is it stuck? Forgotten? Going wrong?
Especially now, spread across time zones,
the update is the relationship.
So say more than feels necessary.
"Still on it, here by Thursday."
"Hit a snag, here's the plan."
"Done, here's what changed."
None of it takes long.
All of it buys something priceless:
people stop worrying about you
and start trusting you.
Over-communicating isn't noise.
It's you doing the anxious math
so no one else has to.
When unsure, send the message.
– Asael Shinder
