SCRIPT CHECK · 60 SECONDS
Five quick questions show how often it appears, how believable it feels, and what it makes you avoid. You’ll get one private next step.
This is not a diagnosis and there is no pass or fail. It measures the current frequency, credibility, and behavioral cost of “I draft texts to old friends and never send them”, including the private rule underneath it: If a message to an old friend needs more than one draft, it means the friendship is already too damaged for any version of the truth to fix — so an imperfect text doesn't count, and only a flawless one would prove I still deserve to…
QUIET
“I draft texts to old friends and never send them” appears, but it rarely gets the final say. Keep this line available for higher-pressure moments: “A draft that needs rewriting isn't proof the friendship is over — it's proof the first line got harder.”
PRESENT
“I draft texts to old friends and never send them” wins some small decisions before you catch it. Your useful interruption is: “I don't need the perfect text. I need one plain sentence I can actually finish.”
ACTIVE
“I draft texts to old friends and never send them” is shaping action often enough to deserve a deliberate counterexample. Start privately and concretely: Open your oldest unsent draft to a friend, trim it to one plain sentence, and save it in your notes without sending it.
DOMINANT
Right now, “I draft texts to old friends and never send them” is steering many of the moments you measured. That is a pattern reading, not a diagnosis or character verdict. Begin with one reversible receipt: Open your oldest unsent draft to a friend, trim it to one plain sentence, and save it in your notes without sending it.