Why are Millennials afraid to pick up the phone?

Why call when we can text, tweet, snap, dm, and email?

As Millennials, we've been "trained, no, programmed" to gravitate toward other means of communication, such as text and email, because they are 'less intrusive.' However, our screen time has increased from 0 to multiple hours a day and I don't know if anyone would consider that non-intrusive.

What stops us from picking up the phone and actually talking to a live person on the other end? Maybe we've let social media curate our image so much that we're afraid our "voice might not match our face?" Okay, I'll stop with the He's Just Not That Into You quotes. Maybe we're afraid of outright rejection? If we call someone, we won't have time to perfectly form our sentences or practice just the right inflections to present the appropriate amount of enthusiasm. Maybe the fleeting content of social media has allowed us to only have the attention span of a child, making phone calls too much of a time commitment.

But also, maybe we're trying to live in the moment by omitting phone calls, and not have our time consumed by people who aren't right next to us. On the other hand, maybe we've allowed ourselves to become overly busy and not make time for what's important — disconnecting and really connecting.

With an overabundance of imagery, media and tweets, are we afraid of our voice actually being heard?

Speak up. Stand out. Do what scares you. Answer the phone next time I call.