In a world that feels louder and faster every day, spending time with the people we love can start to feel strangely complicated. We want to catch up, to really talk —but so often that means sitting across from each other at a restaurant, staring at plates and menus, trying to make conversation while the world rushes by around us. It can feel pressured. Awkward. Like we’re supposed to perform connection instead of simply enjoying it. That’s one of the reasons I started my can