I saw something the other day that really bothered me. I was eating lunch with my husband at a deli when a slightly older couple, obviously married, took the booth across from ours. He whipped out his newspaper and she pulled out a paperback novel. They proceeded to eat lunch without exchanging a single word. It was as if each of them was locked in their own insular world, isolated from each other and everyone around them.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with tuning out the world once in a while. We all need a break on occasion. But when tuning out is your standard operating procedure, you’re missing out on a lot.

This week, just notice where and when you tune out the world. What happens when you do?

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