Saying sorry for the same thing every week isn’t an apology anymore. It’s a routine.

REFLECTION

WHAT THIS MEANS

Repetition changes what the words mean. The first apology is information about your intentions, and by the fifth it has become part of the cycle, a small ritual that lets the thing continue with the friction smoothed off. The other person stops hearing a promise and starts hearing the noise that comes after the problem.

Pick the thing you keep apologising for and change one piece of the setup instead. An earlier alarm, a note in your phone, somebody asked to remind you. Then stop apologising for a while and let the change speak.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What do you apologize for repeatedly without changing anything?

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