Human interaction

On Saturday, my friend hosted a small backyard going away shindig for one of our friends. It was a small party but it started to feel like normalcy again. I was a social butterfly the entire night bouncing around from person to person including people I’ve barely met.

I’m normally a person who hates small talk and generally avoids speaking to random people when I can avoid it especially during lunch. Today, I ended up chatting to a random stranger for about 10 minutes while waiting for my food.

When I left, I had realized how uncharacteristic this was of me. It was the moment when I realized just how starved I’ve been for human interaction.

Last week I wrote about how 2021 could be the year of consumer apps. Some of these apps born during the pandemic such as Clubhouse facilitate human interaction. It’s no wonder why these consumer social apps have become so popular during this time.

I’m hoping my social interaction in the next few months will be beyond Zoom and Clubhouse. We’re close and the light is at the end of the tunnel.