Day 2 of 10 days of Content Writing; On Mingling.
8 planets, 200+ countries, 800+ islands, billions of people, many best friends and loneliness remains a familiar companion.
After an amazing night with friends, you wave goodbye and head to your car. Once you've settled in and fastened your seatbelt, a feeling overwhelms you; you feel lonely. Really lonely! And it's the most unexplainable feeling because... you just left an amazing group of friends!
Really amazing night.
Beautiful people.
Lots of fun. Yet….
I get it. I have been there. Or do I say I am usually there…
I meet a lot of people.
Too many people actually and my job as a marketing manager doesn’t even make it easier as it is necessary to interact with people.
Something special comes from "meeting and mingling," and that is the ability to connect with others. Human interaction reinforces that relationship. It leads to acceptance and, eventually, trust.
It is the type of connection that offers a leader a boost when he or she needs to push through unpopular measures. Similarly, it is this form of bond and relationship that provides followers of influential people some faith in their leaders; a sense that the leader is concerned with both people and the bottom line.
Many of us have mastered the act of mingling, and we are naturally the easiest individuals to connect and share moments with. Mixing with people becomes much simpler, especially if you know how to make small chat.
Every relationship begins somewhere, and mixing in a social context can frequently lead to deeper interactions. The girl you mingle with at the party becomes your best friend, or your next job comes from the individual you met at the business function.
And it goes on like that. Every day. Every time.
All of these things, all these people in your life, all these moments and occasionally you sit down to realise that, in reality, you have everyone yet no one.
I don’t know..
Do I truly feel alone, or have I misinterpreted what loneliness means?
I don’t like this feeling.
I don’t.
Even worse, it might be challenging to acknowledge to yourself or your friends that you feel lonely despite their presence in your life.
Although my friends are wonderful and always want to support me, there are moments when I find it difficult to discuss certain issues with them. I frequently find myself debating who to tell what, and I've grown really weary of the process.
I still want to speak. I still wish to socialize. In the coming days, I'm sure to keep meeting new people, and we'll still have random or meaningful chats, but right now, I'm not sure whether I'm approaching things correctly.
Because why do I keep feeling this way despite the fact that I am surrounded by the most great people and will most likely meet even more wonderful individuals?
You, reading this…
Do you want to share how you handle mingling with different people?
What life hacks do you apply with relating to people that I can take up?
Please, share with me.
I am really curious.
You see that emotional friend. I am she.
This makes it hard for me to make friends really cause I love fully and deeply, especially with my friends. Your description of how you are with your friends is soo similar to mine. And the loneliness is also something I struggle with too. In such cases I look for things to do that make me happy, even if it as simple as playing a fun playlist, taking yogurt or watching friends and when any of these do not work, I just lie in bed and look at my ceiling. I mostly don't try anymore. I no get energy to cry again.
Love,
Ukachi.
Thank you so much for this, I’ve been feeling this way lately, mingling is honestly hard for me these days. So I’m more of staying to myself these days, I just try to listen more than I talk these days, and I always try to find a common ground with people, cause it helps me connect on a deeper level with others and it’s very important to be respectful of other people opinions and feelings.