The question you wish people asked you more often, instead of the one they always default to

[Anthony]

Everyone has a default question they get asked constantly, the safe, easy, slightly boring one that acquaintances and even friends reach for automatically, and underneath it there is usually a different question you would actually love to answer if anyone bothered to ask it

The mismatch is often revealing, the question everyone defaults to is usually about status or logistics, what do you do, how is work, while the question you would rather field tends to be about meaning or curiosity, what have you been thinking about lately, what is exciting you right now

The interesting bit is why the good question never gets asked, is it that people genuinely do not think to ask it, or that the safe question is easier for both parties because it does not require either person to actually be vulnerable or interested

So name the default question you are tired of, and the one you wish someone would ask instead, and if you are feeling brave, answer your own better question right here, because the thread works both ways and someone reading deserves the good version of you too