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Be more social. I've lost touch with a lot of people over the past 5-6 years. I've jumped jobs, built up my career, moved locations, got married, had 2 kids, a

by jpdb 8y ago

Be more social. I've lost touch with a lot of people over the past 5-6 years. I've jumped jobs, built up my career, moved locations, got married, had 2 kids, and I'm just naturally a home-body. One thing I've neglected is building and maintaining friendships. Whether it just be going to a dinner party every week or so or just making plans with people that aren't my wife+kids, I should get out more. I also really want to start playing D&D regularly again, so that might be a good place to start.

emit_time 8y ago
Working on being more social is something I’ve started to focus on as well. As someone who deals with mental health issues, I find great relief and satisfaction after spending time with friends. I say this as someone who didn’t really do anything fun during the vast majority of college and tried to work hard. Without spending time socially (outside of daily interaction) I was really just sabotaging myself. Also, living on my own now and working a full time job, I think it’s important to focus on it to make sure I don’t let my mental health slip out of self imposed isolation (which has been a recurring theme in my life).
Jommi 8y ago
Still looking for that app/service that helps me stay connected with older friends in regular intervals WHILE ALSO being privacy centric and not leaking my entire social life to a corporation.
- severine 8y ago
  May I suggest Millow? https://millow.app/#/learn https://millow.app/#/learn Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18380178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18380178 (159 points by jsherwani 51 days ago | 94 comments)
- tibu 8y ago
  I was thinking about using an app for that but I don't think it would work. It has to come from inside. One thing which helps is that I stopped sending chat messages for birthdays. If I want to send a birthday wish I call the person and tell it in words and that we can talk about other things too.

by jpdb 8y ago

emit_time 8y ago

Working on being more social is something I’ve started to focus on as well. As someone who deals with mental health issues, I find great relief and satisfaction after spending time with friends. I say this as someone who didn’t really do anything fun during the vast majority of college and tried to work hard. Without spending time socially (outside of daily interaction) I was really just sabotaging myself. Also, living on my own now and working a full time job, I think it’s important to focus on it to make sure I don’t let my mental health slip out of self imposed isolation (which has been a recurring theme in my life).

Jommi 8y ago

Still looking for that app/service that helps me stay connected with older friends in regular intervals WHILE ALSO being privacy centric and not leaking my entire social life to a corporation.

severine 8y ago
May I suggest Millow? https://millow.app/#/learn https://millow.app/#/learn Recent discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18380178 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18380178 (159 points by jsherwani 51 days ago | 94 comments)
tibu 8y ago
I was thinking about using an app for that but I don't think it would work. It has to come from inside. One thing which helps is that I stopped sending chat messages for birthdays. If I want to send a birthday wish I call the person and tell it in words and that we can talk about other things too.