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She said, “I trust you’ll figure it out.” Which I’m sure was well-intentioned, but just to be clear, that line didn’t help. It says two things: 

1. There’s something wrong to be figured out, and 

2. It’s on you to do it

Listening is a neglected social skill. But I know that an even more neglected social skill is candor.

I know that people are too eager to recommend their current lifestyle and disavow their developmentally important previous decisions.