So, when she wants me to pick up something from a neighbor, instead of: starting with the name of the neighbor, how she knows the neighbor, previous things we’ve picked up from the neighbor, previous things the neighbor has picked up from us, other reasons I might remember the neighbor; and then moving onto what she wants the item I’ll be picking up for; and then asking me if I’ll pick it up; and only at the very end telling me where I’ll be picking it up from;

instead of all that, starting with: “Will you do a pick-up from <address>?” and then give all that context afterwards so I can properly sift the information with an endgoal in mind.

It’s not that I want to skip the rest; I love her voice and hearing her talk, I just get anxious trying to remember everything. If I know in advance what’s important I can focus on that and let the irrelevant slip away.