start one conversation per week with someone I don't know

I’m simply not doing this. I don’t have any backpreassure to do so, and I’m afraid of it, so it’s not getting done. Plus I have too many “things” right now…so I’m trimming back my “43Things” to something more like 15.

Flying home from Chicago, I was seated next to a mother and son (2 years old). I was initially worried about all the ruckus a 2-year-old can make, and I was exhausted (worked hard all week, 2 hour flight delay, etc). But instead, after having dozed for an hour or so, I had a great conversation with her about places we had traveled, favorites, and other stuff. It was really fulfilling. I like this goal. :)

This goal is so intimidating, I thought I’d better write it as a concrete, measurable goal.

But anyway. I want to practice starting conversations with total strangers and keep them going. I’m sure I’ll get some rejection from this, but I’ll do it where the risk is probably low so that I can just practice doing it.