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Today is the first day of classes at my place of work, and I'm still a little startled, somehow, about the transition from the laziness of August (when there's almost no one on campus except those of us who have 12 month contracts) to the bustle of the school year. (I have also hit my seasonal "my lungs hate September" moment, so I am not at my best, which is not exactly helping. It's been a very damp summer, and my mold allergies, they are complaining.)
Because of how I spent Saturday, I think this week, I'm going to snag an idea![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jjhunter brought up a month or so ago, of wanting to talk about relationships, and how to go about finding them or making the most of them.
Not just the romantic ones, but mentoring ones, friendships, teacher and student, parent and child, siblings, colleagues, and all the things that make communities and connections and the families we choose and the ones we don't and connections we make and the ones we don't.
(Why this week? Because I spent Saturday out with some awesome women, met via striking up a conversation in a restaurant in February. We all had a blast, but one of the things we've talked about a lot is how rare those kinds of friendships are in their lives. I have a *lot more* of that kind of interaction than the other four, but most of it is online and separated by distance.)
A few final notes
As noted, the basic thing here is 'leave the conversation better than you found it, or at least not worse'. The FAQ has more help with your choices for comment (DW account, OpenID account, or anonymously) if you need a hand. Or ask, and someone (likely me, but maybe not) will be along to help. We'll work everything else out as we go.
Today is the first day of classes at my place of work, and I'm still a little startled, somehow, about the transition from the laziness of August (when there's almost no one on campus except those of us who have 12 month contracts) to the bustle of the school year. (I have also hit my seasonal "my lungs hate September" moment, so I am not at my best, which is not exactly helping. It's been a very damp summer, and my mold allergies, they are complaining.)
Because of how I spent Saturday, I think this week, I'm going to snag an idea
jjhunter brought up a month or so ago, of wanting to talk about relationships, and how to go about finding them or making the most of them. Not just the romantic ones, but mentoring ones, friendships, teacher and student, parent and child, siblings, colleagues, and all the things that make communities and connections and the families we choose and the ones we don't and connections we make and the ones we don't.
(Why this week? Because I spent Saturday out with some awesome women, met via striking up a conversation in a restaurant in February. We all had a blast, but one of the things we've talked about a lot is how rare those kinds of friendships are in their lives. I have a *lot more* of that kind of interaction than the other four, but most of it is online and separated by distance.)
A few final notes
As noted, the basic thing here is 'leave the conversation better than you found it, or at least not worse'. The FAQ has more help with your choices for comment (DW account, OpenID account, or anonymously) if you need a hand. Or ask, and someone (likely me, but maybe not) will be along to help. We'll work everything else out as we go.
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I think sharing a bit helps - one thing I've discovered is that it doesn't need to be tons of stuff necessarily. (I talk about lots of things here, but at the same time, there's lots of stuff I don't discuss, or that only gets discussed in tighter filters, or what have you.)
And now you've got me pondering how that works for me, which is handy, thanks!
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Glad I could get you thinking! Since posting here, I have also been considering what sorts of things I'd prefer to keep under filters and what sorts of things I'd prefer to be more open about. Some of it is clear-cut and some of it really isn't. It has also been interesting to take a closer and more conscious look at what I've already been putting under filter and why I'm doing that.