I MIGHT AS WELL have been asking my father to go ahead and put one of the new cover sheets on his TPS reports when I texted him a few months ago and suggested we start talking regularly. After a misunderstanding that seemed exacerbated by a lack of regular contact, I reflexively sent a text saying he could pick the day and the time for us to talk on a weekly basis. I added a link to a shared doc. “Feel free to add agenda items as they come to you. No rush. Talk soon.”
It’s the same kind of message I send to new colleagues or anyone else I want to maintain regular communication with at work—and for the same reasons. My dad and I weren’t talking.
