I’ve noticed recently a tendency in myself and others to add layer upon layer of explanation when we are talking. Once I saw it, I realised how counter-productive it is.
We think we are helping, but we’re not. Piling up information faster than the recipient can process it.
I park my car a few hundred meters from where I work. I enjoy the walk in the morning, and the time to slow down on the way home.
Succinct and tells you all that you need to know about where I park.
I park my car around the corner from work because there is free parking. If I can’t get a park I park in the multi-storey car park where I have to pay. Where I previously worked there were people who paid for parking each day just to be a little closer. That’s something like $1,250 a year and I’ve got better things to spend my money on. Though sometimes when I parked there I’d forget and walk back to where I normally parked. Once I even did it in the rain. Anyway, I park in, what’s the name of the street?. I can never remember.
Adding aside, after aside, only confuses the key message. Keep an eye out for it in your communication and assess its effects on those around you - and you when you’re the recipient.