Reaching out to a contact you haven't seen in a long time
Silence is never as serious as we imagine. It often takes very little to pick the thread back up.
Silence isn't a judgment
We often imagine a long silence makes reaching out awkward. In reality, most people are quite happy someone thought of them, even after a long time: silence is almost always neutral, never hostile.
A light touch is enough
You don't need a specific reason to reconnect: checking in is enough. It's precisely the lack of a hidden agenda that makes a light follow-up pleasant to receive.
Pick up the thread without apologizing
Apologizing for the time that's passed needlessly weighs the message down. Pick up right where you left off, with a concrete detail from your last exchange: it shows the connection mattered, without making a big deal of it.
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