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Midnight Lounge - Ep. 8: Stop Confusing Attention With Intention

Attention can feel a lot like affection when you’ve been missing it.

The good-morning texts.

The late-night calls.

The compliments.

The flirting.

The “I miss you.”

And sometimes we take all of that attention and start giving it a meaning it was never actually given.

Because somebody can enjoy talking to you without wanting to build with you.

Somebody can be attracted to you without being ready to choose you.

And somebody can give you hours of attention while having absolutely no intention of giving you anything consistent.

That’s the difference between attention and intention.

Attention makes…

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