Anyone notice that we’re getting more reclusive?

Amazon, YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Instagram, DoorDash, etc. The age of face-to-face interactions is mostly dead and it's impacting more than just introverts.

I grew up to be incredibly self-reliant, but I now realize how much of a handicap it is because I don't need anything from anybody. If something's not of interest to me, I pay it no mind.

I've become rigid because I never learned to play nice and go with someone else's flow. I almost feel like I need to take improv classes because I don't know how to 'yes and' somebody and keep talking until something develops.

Extroverts have a gift because they have the patience to spit out and endure a never-ending cascade of verbal diarrhea until something worthwhile comes out. Even if they have little in common, the effort alone to do something like that is endearing and a solid basis for friendships.

I kinda wish my mind would learn to just say a lot of nothing until it's time to say something. I always gotta have a purpose for my words

The older we get, the less likely we are to blend. When we're kids it's easy because nothing really matters so we mix and mingle with pretty much anyone. The older we get the more that "stuff" matters like political affiliation religion and other stuff.

"Making Friends" is itself a broad phrase. It can be based around a common interest, a religious group. An educational or work group or an emotional support group. Obviously as the situation evolves, so do the roles your "friends" play. But its been my experience that you get more out of all these groups if you put more in..😷

But yeah the internet too.