Crow Princess, Page 15

Crow Princess, Page 15

My mom used to use the phrase “your own little world” or “lala land” whenever she got cross with me for drifting off. I resented this immensely.

I’m still very good at subconsciously tuning people out as soon as I get bored with the conversation. It’s something I have to work hard to overcome during meetings, and in conversation, I will switch topics or physically leave.

I must be vigilant that I don’t monolog so much people start tuning me out!

  • Julie

    I find it funny that you resented the phrases “your own little world” or “lala land”, whereas I embraced it. I would shrug my shoulders if someone said that to me, I often preferred coming up with new story ideas and fleshing them out in my head, instead of hearing a friend blather on about something I wasn’t interested in. I’m quick to disrespect someone if they’re disrespecting me; i.e., talking about something to me I’ve already told them I’m not interested in hearing about. I guess it’s a bad habit, but if you can’t fit into your memory that I don’t care to hear about something, then I won’t give you the light of day.

    I had a friend who was like that in high school too and I could tell when she was tuning me out when I forgot she didn’t want to hear about something. Often, while she was tuning me out, she’d start to write stories in a notebook, which is a pretty big hint! Rather than getting mad, I apologized and we talked about something else and our relationship was more real than many other friendships that I had in high school.