I did the opposite by accident: I was fascinated by older kids when I was young, and they thought I was charming. Then in my 20s most people seemed repetitive, and I had some real social headwinds.
I'm trying to recapture some of that spirit, finding the interesting part of any given person's experience (which is rarely the topics that people small talk about). I'm not naive, some people are more interesting than others, but regardless you have to be intentional.
I'm trying to recapture some of that spirit, finding the interesting part of any given person's experience (which is rarely the topics that people small talk about). I'm not naive, some people are more interesting than others, but regardless you have to be intentional.