Your friend calls and asks, "Do you have 8 minutes?"
How containers are a gateway to meaningful love
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I shared it a while ago on Instagram.
In 8 minutes of venting or talking you can work miracles for your mental health. So what would it take to start a code with your friends around asking for 8 minutes?
You know why it works?
Because it works for both sides.
It’s not only about giving the person you’re asking for a short time limit so you can make sure you’re not bothering them too much. Most of the time friends are willing to give way way more than this.
It’s a gateway for the person not used to asking for help.
Hey, if we lived together we’d notice that help was needed.
But since we don’t we need to rely on these systems of actually asking, and most of us suck at asking. Asking for 8 minutes helps the person asking feel ok.
I know of several friends that could use this. Go for it. It’s simple, it contains the amount of asking and gives you something specific to ask for, which helps start whatever it is you’re going to need next, during that short little bit of time. You don’t have to know where to start when the first question is this simple. You start there. The rest will happen however it’s going to happen.
Do you have 8 minutes?