if you look into advice on talking to others, often you'll find something along the lines of asking them about themselves or their interests, that people like to talk about either of those.

i'm not interested in talking about myself, despite the following, nothing tragic or anything to be ashamed of...i'm just with me enough as-is.

i don't think my interests are general, or particular enough, to be much to discuss either.

however, i can carry a conversation pretty well with anyone that's not like me. i like exploring others' interests and views, and amusingly enough if it all pans out, they'll miss or forget that i haven't shared all that much to do with myself, at least in the moment.

but i think that's been catching up to me lately, and as much as i know what i could do, i don't feel like it.

there's nothing about me or my interests that can't be readily found in some combination across the many, many other people around. it's redundant to share, much like this.

tiresome too.