owenfromcanada@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoWhat did you have to learn the hard way?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up177file-text
arrow-up177message-squareWhat did you have to learn the hard way?owenfromcanada@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareransomwarelettuce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months agoHaven’t learned yet, and still struggling with it but if someone asks if you are OK, don’t go for the default awnser, if anything say idk. That and asking for help, I been in the bottom of the barrel one too many times just because I din’t ask for a hand early on.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoI have a similar struggle reaching out. One trick I learned was to ask myself: if the positions were reversed, would I be annoyed or put off if this other person were reaching out to me?
Haven’t learned yet, and still struggling with it but if someone asks if you are OK, don’t go for the default awnser, if anything say idk.
That and asking for help, I been in the bottom of the barrel one too many times just because I din’t ask for a hand early on.
I have a similar struggle reaching out. One trick I learned was to ask myself: if the positions were reversed, would I be annoyed or put off if this other person were reaching out to me?