Visited Seattle last week
Spent the last weekend in Seattle hanging out with friends. Had a wonderful time. I don’t get to do things like this very often and every time I do it’s such a restorative experience. I spend so much of my life at home going through the same routines and hearing the same conversation topics that it gets dull. A change in scenery and people is a good shake up. Makes all the mundane moments feel novel. Sitting around watching someone play a game and just shooting the shit isn’t anything new (I do that all the time at home), but it’s refreshing in the context of friends I don’t see very often. Even if the actual activities don’t really differ, the context, the energy makes anything feel new and meaningful.
I feel pretty confident in being introverted, but the ways I feel energized after even a brief time in the vicinity of friends makes me wonder if I learn more extroverted than I think. I’m not the most chatty person, but I can’t deny the positive effect being around others brings. Makes me regret how much time I’ve lost not being able to do this for so many years of my life, but also so very thankful for the moments I’m able to. Used to be that the yearly E3 trips were the only time I’d get to socialize in person. One week where I’d get hang out with my friend Eduardo and have some good conversations with folks. Now I’m able to do that more often and they always end up being the highlights of my year.
I’m headed back up in July for Just Block. Really looking forward to seeing everyone and doing this all again. Hoping I can visit more often eventually.