Mindless Communication

It is amazing to think about your conversations through the day and realize which of them is mindful and which of my conversations are mindless communications. If I look back on a days conversations with people I realize that besides family and my husband all of my communication is pretty much mindless, phatic, or script. I usually appear to be a very sociable person and yet three quarters of my day is devoted to these mindless sorts of communication. Yet, it is normal those people that engage with me do not necessarily know me and therefore neither wants to know about each others personal lives. I believe that mindless communication is necessary though if we did not have it we would not be able to have those “best friends” and closest family members.