Wear the name tag at the church potluck. Being known starts with being willing to be known.

Anonymity feels safe and costs you everything you came for. Leaving the sticker in the box means nobody can use your name, nobody can follow up, nobody can get it slightly wrong and be corrected. You stay comfortable and you stay a stranger. Being known is not something a room does to you; it starts with a small act of exposure on your part.

Take the one small step this week that makes you findable. Write your name down, give it when asked, answer the question about yourself with one real detail instead of a deflection. Then let people use it.