I'm finally starting to realize that when I think, "making new friends is hard," I'm lying to myself. It can be, but I'm a very social person. It's hard in the relative sense. Socializing with friends I've known and had experiences with for twenty years is less than effortless.
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A thing I’ve recently realized is that I’m happy in social contexts of 2+ people but massively anxious 1:1. I think my social algorithm doesn’t scale down that far. Trying to force myself to do more 1:1 hangs but it’s tricky!
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I’ve always been generally social but I never really carved out time to meet people specifically. This changed very recently after my trip to SF when I got to experience an intense juggernaut of intense, positive socializing. it *did* wear me out - years worth in weeks- but...
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