14/08/2026
How you doing? What’s happening for you? Are you well? What are your plans? How are you travelling on life’s bumpy highway?
You see I’ve been thinking. Thinking perhaps a little too hard, because I just know I so can tumble in to overthinking if I indulge in just a little too much rumination. But I’ve been thinking that maybe in this world, and especially in places like ‘Messenger’ that there are two groups of people.
There are the,
“Hey. What’s new with you!” Folks. And there are,
“Hey here’s what’s happening with me!” Folks.
If you’re anything like me. Your stock standard answer to “How are you?” Is “I’m good thanks. How about you?” Or, “Well I’m alive! So that’s something!”
It’s not that I really want to talk about my life. Which is generally VERY boring. But I reckon I do like to be asked. It’s not even that I want to unload, or start banging on about my latest Misadventure. I don’t for instance reply, “Well I fell in a hole yesterday, and went out with a guy who collects glass eyes!” I just want to know someone may be vaguely interested should I need to say, “Thanks for asking. I’m feeling a little blue.” Or “Hey I’m goodish. Sick of winter like everyone else.”Perhaps I might really open up when casually asked how I’m doing and say, “Actually I’d love a chat. Can we talk?
Then there are the “Hey there! Guess what’s happening with me!” Folks. Not bad people. Maybe exited . Maybe going through something incredible or diabolical. OR maybe just a wee bit self involved? Well confession time. I have had to train myself to be a “Hey what’s happening for you?” girl. Sometimes I’m bursting with news, a funny thought, a revelation and I just wanna launch in. But I don’t. I’m not sure where I learned to do this, because I certainly rarely go back and check spelling or punctuation. Which I should, and you may have noticed. But I go back and make sure I start a conversation asking about them.
I know it’s very likely I am overthinking this …BUT to back up my new theory on the two types of folks who message, I went back through conversations on messenger to find who were “How ya’ doing Pol?” People, and the “Hey! Guess what’s happening!”People. I love them all. I really do. However the one thing it has taught me is that I always want to make sure I start every message asking how my friends are travelling. Now I just need to check for spelling and punctuation too. Because I am a chronic ‘push send’ then check. Person.
But enough about me. How ARE you doing? What’s happening? What’s going on for you?
Honestly? I’d love to know how you are doing. Good…bad…weird….wonderful, or just simply, “Well I’m alive!”
