Let’s make an effort to be a little less nonchalant each day. It doesn’t have to be dramatic — a simple “this made me think of you” to someone you like, a postcard to your best friend for no reason or a compliment to the person sitting next to you in lecture. That’s the mindset I’m practicing: If it costs me a little cool, fine. I’d rather be understood. And when I pick my book back up, I’m reminded why. Page after page, the mundane stories add up to true devotion.