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On Finding Your People:
I’m told I have an unusual talent for finding wonderful people. Below is my strategy for having a rich social life in any large city
Disclaimer: This will require you acting in a way that is not normal. You may need to decide whether you want to be normal yet lonely or unusual yet connected
0. Treat it as a second job.
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Increase social support
Social support is the last coping strategy on the list, and it’s perhaps my favorite one.
If you give a primate a stressor in the lab, you’ll find elevated markers of stress in its behavior and in its blood. But give the primate a stressor when it’s surrounded by friends—its stress markers will be lower, even for the same lev... See more
Social support is the last coping strategy on the list, and it’s perhaps my favorite one.
If you give a primate a stressor in the lab, you’ll find elevated markers of stress in its behavior and in its blood. But give the primate a stressor when it’s surrounded by friends—its stress markers will be lower, even for the same lev... See more
Dan Shipper • How Hard Should I Push Myself?
Sometimes people think I’m an idiot for doing this, taking all this time, but I think it’s actually part of my work. I’m enjoying it, but it’s work. I’m doing my own PR.
Charlie Sextro • Filmmaker Sean Baker on not giving up – The Creative Independent
The Chat Venn diagram
The longer I live the more I learn that love — whether we call it friendship, family, or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.
—James Baldwin