I’m curious as to how many of you are TikTok users. If not do you watch short form videos anywhere else such as YouTube Shorts or Reels?
I’m curious as to how many of you are TikTok users. If not do you watch short form videos anywhere else such as YouTube Shorts or Reels?
What if I told you staying in touch with people from childhood is entirely unnecessary, and you would have naturally moved on from them?
When I turned 18, I joined the US military and left home. I spent 20 years living all over the world, wherever the military sent me. Every 1-3 years, I was in a new home where I knew nobody. If it wasn’t for Facebook (and MySpace for the first handful of years I was serving), I would’ve lost contact with everyone I knew every few years.
The Internet was pretty primitive back then and smartphones weren’t a thing yet, so I had to keep a phone/email address book on me, along with a bunch of phone calling cards if I wanted to contact people I know.
2 years ago, I retired and moved back home. Thanks to my Facebook connections, and staying in touch with people over the years, I had a community to return to. My wife and I are introverts with ADHD, so making new friends is really difficult. We’d basically be living like hermits if I didn’t already know people in the area. So I personally think it’s very important to maintain the social connections I have.