Dropped hints instead of being direct Complained to others instead of the person involved Felt misunderstood but didn’t clarify Regretted not speaking up Hoped the issue would fix itself Waited for the ‘right time’ that never came Avoided a conversation with authority Left something unsaid after a meeting Took things personally and shut down Softened the truth too much Avoided setting a boundary Let resentment build instead of speaking up Avoided giving honest feedback Told yourself “It’s not worth it” Rehearsed a conversation but never had it Said yes while wanting to say no Said “It’s okay” when it wasn’t Chose silence to avoid conflict Avoided a hard conversation to keep peace Prioritized comfort over clarity Dropped hints instead of being direct Complained to others instead of the person involved Felt misunderstood but didn’t clarify Regretted not speaking up Hoped the issue would fix itself Waited for the ‘right time’ that never came Avoided a conversation with authority Left something unsaid after a meeting Took things personally and shut down Softened the truth too much Avoided setting a boundary Let resentment build instead of speaking up Avoided giving honest feedback Told yourself “It’s not worth it” Rehearsed a conversation but never had it Said yes while wanting to say no Said “It’s okay” when it wasn’t Chose silence to avoid conflict Avoided a hard conversation to keep peace Prioritized comfort over clarity
(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
Dropped hints instead of being direct
Complained to others instead of the person involved
Felt misunderstood but didn’t clarify
Regretted not speaking up
Hoped the issue would fix itself
Waited for the ‘right time’ that never came
Avoided a conversation with authority
Left something unsaid after a meeting
Took things personally and shut down
Softened the truth too much
Avoided setting a boundary
Let resentment build instead of speaking up
Avoided giving honest feedback
Told yourself “It’s not worth it”
Rehearsed a conversation but never had it
Said yes while wanting to say no
Said “It’s okay” when it wasn’t
Chose silence to avoid conflict
Avoided a hard conversation to keep peace
Prioritized comfort over clarity