Levels of listening

In habit 5, we talked about levels of listening and I think it is funny how I can see myself doing the majority of them. Ignoring is one level that I don't do, but if I am really tired then I fall asleep and ignore what they're saying. If someone is ignoring me, I will definitely feel bad. Pretend listening I sometimes do, especially when I am really busy and have no time, but I for sure pretend. I probably shouldn't do that but I will get better. Selective listening I do, specially if I want the other person stop talking and just listen to what I want to listen. Wow, that sounds awful. I have seen that it is very easy to change topics on the things that interest you by listening to others. That happens a lot, when I am talking and relating a story or experience and I am not even done talking, someone else starts talking about something that I say, but it is not even related to my story and it is about them now. I many times feel like they are not really listening and forget that I was talking in the first place. I think I am used to it now. Attentive listening is nice, especially when someone else compares it with their own experience tries to understand you. Empathic listening it is really hard. I have tried to do it once after we talked about in class, and yeah, I need more practice because my heart was not really in it. I'm sure we all have listened in different levels, but there is always room to improve.