The New Normal
Like everyone else, I’ve been adjusting to new rhythms of life since sheltering-in-place started in the Bay Area >3 weeks ago. One of the things I have been enjoying is rediscovering the lost art...
Category: friends
J is for Judgey, part 2
“You’re not ordering the smoked duck?” I had texted Olivia a suggested group takeout order based on her recommendations from XLB Kitchen, and left off the smoked duck since I didn’t think people would...
J is for Judgey
It’s been 4 days since I have left the house, and I am….restless. Maybe I am more extroverted than the MBTI test said I was: After my last blog post I started to compile...
Why I like the Myers-Briggs
(If you haven’t taken the Myers-Briggs, you can take it here.) In general, people seem to have one of the following attitudes when it comes to the Myers-Briggs (can also apply to the Enneagram,...
The Travel Criteria
“Who are you going to Paris with? How do you know that you guys will be compatible travel partners?” Jason asked. “I’m going with Nathan from church…you’ve met him, I traveled with him to...
The Friend Criteria, part 2
“Your ‘Friend Criteria’ post made it seem like Type 2 friends were bad people,” Ian said. (He’s Type 2.) I laughed, “That was the toned down version…I actually edited it based on Cory’s feedback.”...
“Let’s meet up,” part 5
The Friend Criteria Apparently there are 2 types of people in the world: Type 1: People who think friendships need to be maintained. Type 2: People who think friendships don’t need to be maintained....
“Let’s meet up,” part 4
Friend C: “Aren’t these posts about friendship? Why don’t you state that explicitly?” Me: “Yeah, that’s not my style…but tell me why I should?” Friend C: “You’re showing and not telling…and there’s value in...
“Where are you from?”, part 3
So I got a lot more data/feedback after part 2 of “Where are you from?”, and figured I’d write a follow-up to my follow-up. 🙃 “Where are you from?” In case you missed it, my...
“Let’s meet up,” part 3
I met JJ through Allen last September, and like Allen he was friendly and, more importantly, a really good volleyball player. They had met in college, and Allen connected us since JJ had recently...
Your risk tolerance is also not low. Just saying ;)