Your shadow at sunset can stretch across a whole parking lot. Late in the day is when you look biggest and see least.

There is a point late in any day when you cast an enormous shadow and can barely see. Low light stretches everything out, so your presence gets bigger exactly as your judgment gets worse. People at the end of something long tend to take up more room and notice less of it. The size is real, and so is the blindness.

If you have been running on empty, assume your footprint is larger than it feels. Ask one person this week how you have been to live with, and listen without defending yourself.