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Practice Noticing

Before we ask why a young person doesn’t care, we should examine the system in which not caring has been practiced, protected, rewarded, or given status.

Five young people standing in the snow at Crooked Creek Ranch

Now, go practice noticing.

For the next few days, don’t try to change anything.

Just notice.

Don’t fix it yet.

Practice noticing each of the six.

Four young men with trash bags on a street corner

Then when you return:

What did you notice?

What did you see that you hadn’t seen before?

What did you notice?

Now choose one.

Look at what you noticed.

Which of the six keeps pulling your attention?

Not necessarily the biggest problem.

Not the one you think you can fix.

The one you want to understand better.

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Stay with it.

For a little longer, resist the urge to change it.

A young person in front of a Waffle House window with a Santa poster

And then I think we reach the next major threshold:

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