The move that looks passive may be asking the opponent to reveal their plan.

Not acting can be a way of acting. A quiet move that changes nothing obvious puts the question back to the other side and makes them commit first, which is often worth more than any position you could have taken yourself. Onlookers read this as timidity because nothing appears to happen. What is actually happening is that information is being bought at low cost.

Where you feel pressure to make a visible move this week, consider what you would learn by waiting one more day. Then decide deliberately, so that the waiting is a choice rather than a delay.