Summary of Kat Vellos's We Should Get Together

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 I was lonely, and I wanted to be better friends with my local friends. I would contact them and set up get-togethers for tea, meals, or activities. It worked with a few people, but then Adrian started a business and all his time got sucked into it.
#2 Making friends as an adult is difficult, and many people have given up trying. The price we pay for giving up is too high. As we age, we get more isolated from the people around us.
#3 Starting over in a new city can be exciting, but it often means struggling to meet the basic human need for belonging and connection. It takes constant effort to make new friends and form positive connections, and results aren’t guaranteed.
#4 I spoke to people across a wide variety of ages, genders, ethnicities, and occupations. I heard stories of connection and disconnection, feelings of isolation and hopefulness, and struggles with achieving the kind of closeness that would let them feel like they know others deeply.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Bien-être émotionnel
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Bien-être
• Happiness
• Personal development

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 19 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354086
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Kat Vellos's We Should Get Together
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was lonely, and I wanted to be better friends with my local friends. I would contact them and set up get-togethers for tea, meals, or activities. It worked with a few people, but then Adrian started a business and all his time got sucked into it.

#2

Making friends as an adult is difficult, and many people have given up trying. The price we pay for giving up is too high. As we age, we get more isolated from the people around us.

#3

Starting over in a new city can be exciting, but it often means struggling to meet the basic human need for belonging and connection. It takes constant effort to make new friends and form positive connections, and results aren’t guaranteed.

#4

I spoke to people across a wide variety of ages, genders, ethnicities, and occupations. I heard stories of connection and disconnection, feelings of isolation and hopefulness, and struggles with achieving the kind of closeness that would let them feel like they know others deeply.

#5

I believe that deep conversations, in which we disclose the more sensitive emotions, thoughts, and feelings that we’d otherwise hold inside, are superior to superficial conversation. However, our lives are too often starved for this type of vulnerable, bonding interaction.

#6

platonic longing is the feeling of needing friends, but not being able to find them. I’ve lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, which is known for being difficult to make friends in, and I’ve still had a hard time finding them.

#7

The word friend is no longer adequate to describe the deep, loyal, and trusted friendships that become our chosen family. We spend more time building our lists of followers and contacts than we do building real, true friendships.

#8

The physical setting that most of us choose to call home, cities, were not designed to facilitate the friendship and happiness of their residents. In many cases, the physical layout, zoning laws, modes of transportation, and rules governing public spaces are the opposite of what people need to experience the health, happiness, autonomy, and interactions that would benefit them the most.

#9

We can’t easily change the structure of the world around us, so we must focus on what we can control: ourselves and what we do with each other while we’re here. The only thing that can save us from this isolating conundrum is each other.

#10

I’m an introvert, and I’m making up for lost alone time by spending more time alone. I’m more guarded, less trusting, and more skeptical about people’s intentions.

#11

We can’t address climate change without first examining the factors that contribute to it. We can’t talk about how to fix the friendship problem without first acknowledging and examining its contributing factors.