Extndly Blog

The Real Reason You Lose Touch I lost touch with my friend Amy. Not because of a fight or anything dramatic. We just... stopped texting. She had a baby. I got a new job. Six months passed, then a year.…

From 18 Months of Silence to Quarterly Calls I met Sarah during my time working for a technology sales company in Arizona. We ate lunch together nearly every day for two years, complaining about clients and trading book recommendations. When…

Facebook reminded me of my cousin's birthday three days late last year. The notification got buried under ads and event invites. This is what happens when you trust a platform to remember birthdays—it doesn't actually…

Problem: Your Contact Data Is Being Tracked and Sold Most people don't realize their contact manager is selling information about who they know. You add your friend's new phone number. A week later, they get spam…

When Silence Becomes a Habit I hadn't spoken to my former mentor in eleven months. Not because anything happened. We just stopped connecting. Work got busy. Weeks turned into months. By the time I noticed, the silence felt…

I stopped hearing from a close friend sometime around 2020. No fight, no dramatic falling out—we just stopped texting. Three years later, I was reminded of them and felt a sharp pang of guilt. I should reach out, I…