come chat and vibe and vent. hows the first week into black history month treating you? how are you celebrating/ learning? any cool black history info that you wish was more well known?
come chat and vibe and vent. hows the first week into black history month treating you? how are you celebrating/ learning? any cool black history info that you wish was more well known?
Been getting hit a bit harder by my feelings of loneliness lately. Especially after I went to a sending off party for someone from work. Had an expectation that at least one or two of the people I talk with the most would be there and none showed up. It was a bit awkward. Not that it was that bad, but just felt a bit isolated.
Also just feel like I'm kind of just stuck in a routine all the time. Going out for a walk and taking some pictures kind helps just because it makes me think about something other than work, but I can't help but think about how so much of my life right now evolves around my workplace including what social interactions I have. And it finally just hit me while I was out on a walk yesterday that I just feel alone. Its not even like I live alone. I still live with my parents and brother, but I don't really have anyone that I feel comfortable talking about life with right now.
Do you have any IRL friends currently?
Frankly, I would suggest looking around on Facebook or Instagram and looking for meet-up groups and clubs, but that's what I'm doing (with good success, it seems).
I have couple that I still text on occasion. The biggest problem is distance. They both live further away now so it's more difficult to find the time to hang out. I'm might just do what you suggested.
Joining a club is probably what got me through college. I got to meet people that I got along with that I otherwise probably wouldn't have met.
Oh yeah, one more thing: if you know any place that sells TTRPGs or board games, they likely have clubs for that too and you can find a group there to play with and socialize with.
I guess another idea is to use the Nextdoor app (which is growing in some popularity, last I checked) to find other groups near you depending on your interest.
Has Nextdoor gotten better? I used it in the past, but stopped because it was mostly just people being racist.
Oooohhhh
Yeah, yeah, it may depend on where you are. I think they also improved their TOS... for what that's worth.
I use it because it can be genuinely useful and gives me a sense of the surrounding area, but of course, some of the worst people use it, ngl.
I just include it because some people I know have found luck with that app and it's generally included as "useful apps that you can use to find or connect with other people" or the like so, yeah, take that for what you will, ig
Keep in mind that there's also meetup.com in addition to Facebook and Instagram. Bookclubs.com also has that and the klerb app (which I got recently) does the same thing that bookclubs.com does.
glad its working!!!
Yeah, it was amazing how easy it was, at least for the time being.
I think not going on Facebook or Instagram for ideological reasons was a bad move on my part.
honestly yeah, i think a lot of us would benefit from being more connected to people in our communities and the reality of the situation is that these evil websites are incredibly useful for grass-touching. so happy to hear you are having succsess!
Yeah, a lot of people, especially compared to 10 years ago, have to use these websites one way or another; that's why they should be expropriated into public utilities, at least eventually.