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It's Okay to Let Down Your Guard and Meet Someone New
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It's Okay to Let Down Your Guard and Meet Someone New

How to break the awkward silence and make a few friends.

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Jill Reid
Apr 05, 2024
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I enjoy talking with people — friends and strangers alike.

For me, opening the vocal door to a conversation provides a form of connection that seems to be missing in so many of our lives.

Unfortunately, too many people have chosen to exist in a self-protective cocoon that separates them from distractions of any kind. Perhaps they feel a sense of shelter and safety in their virtual seclusion.

The result? Finding others to verbally engage with isn’t always a simple task.

In the current social climate, our hands-off tech-savvy culture has propagated a disturbing mindset — one that permeates the most basic of human instincts.

What am I talking about?


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