Deleting those now irrelevant contacts: Powerful
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Dragonflower says,
I just tried to call someone yesterday that I had deleted. So glad I couldn't. Agree it is a very powerful moment to realize you really have moved on. Because that moment of second thinking said "why?"lovelylizard says,
Agreed, DE. I keep seeing these names on my phone directory and email contacts and just seeing them sitting there dormant brings up all kinds of emotions, for a variety of reasons. Just delete them and forget them. It's very liberating.Dragonflower says,
Exactly! I had even erased it from my backup paper address book. That surprised me. But I had been serious when I did it--knew I might have that moment of weakness or be in a vulnerable place where I wanted to talk to my old "friend" who knew me. My only other option was old cell phone records which are online only, but by then, I thought, this is LUDICROUS. Snap out of it! Very liberating indeed!So glad you wrote this memoir! It just happened to me a few days ago when I received some distressing news.