picking up where we left off
- resumingBeginning again after pause
- continuingGoing on without stopping
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
- catching upClosing a distance
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
break · intermission · rekindle · revisit · return · hiatus · gap · thread · conversation · reunion · refresh · remember · recap · meanwhile · unfinished · momentum · story · chapter
continuity vs. discontinuity
picking up where we left offstarting from scratch
starting over · starting fresh · clean break · back to square one · fresh start
progression vs. regression
picking up where we left offlosing ground
backsliding · regressing · falling behind · retreating · relapsing
connection vs. disconnection
picking up where we left offgrowing apart
Gradual emotional separation
drifting apart · losing touch · estrangement · parting ways · burning bridges