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Wow I really needed to read #7. One of my favorite things is feeling connected to other people. Why have I set my life up to minimize that?

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Exactly!! That’s where the weird/fun stuff happens

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Love this. Number 7, 10000x over. Why am I taking a long, circuitous walking route to get somewhere I could get faster or get delivered? Because something, literally anything, could happen, en route, and that is the point.

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Bingo! Novelty again

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The Richard Scarry imagery made me smile. As a strong introvert, I *think* the convenient / interactionless approach is going to feel better, but the small exchanges really do give me a boost.

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Totally! I also have introvert tendencies which I’ll write about - and I find if I spend less time online I have more capacity to interact with real life? The math is sort of wild

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