Not later. Not tomorrow.
Right when it mattered.
You're scrolling your phone, half-watching something on TV. You think, "I should do something." But what? Who's even around?
You check Instagram. Facebook. Discord. Scanning for signs someone's free. Nothing.
You start running through your friends. "Should I text Mike?"Nah, he's probably with family. "Sarah?" She's definitely busy with work.
It feels like too much guesswork. So you go back to scrolling. Half TV. Half phone. Still bored.
And tomorrow, when your friend casually mentions they were bored too, you'll both say:
"Oh man. We should've hung out."
It was that you couldn't see it.
No signal. No shared moment. Just assumptions filling the gap.
You schedule something a week out. It feels safe. Responsible.
But by the time it arrives, energy's gone. Life crept in.
The moment passed quietly days earlier, when no one knew anyone else was free.
It fades. Quietly.
Not because people don't care.
Acting feels harder than waiting. Without a signal, waiting becomes the default.
Not because it was rare.
Because it was usable and slipped by unnoticed.
Availability matters. Connect when it counts.
This isn't about planning more.
It's about noticing sooner.