When we feel left out of the decision making process it’s easy to think ‘why wasn’t I considered’.
Odds are you were considered…just not consulted.
When your drummer shaved his eyebrows, when the questionable dinner reservation got made, when your friend moved away, when your neighbor did a ten month construction project.
All of those decisions could have benefited from your well rounded perspective, but you weren’t consulted. It doesn’t mean they didn’t think of you. It doesn’t mean they don’t care about you. It doesn’t mean your opinion isn’t valuable.
You get considered more than you think you do. And it’s a high honor to be consulted.