I joined this book club the other day. We were defined as the "wild card". There were 3 groups as I walked in. Bestsellers, Chick Lit and Non Fiction.And then there was us. 7 nervous looking women feeling uncharacterized. One of them did not even speak english. I gently asked if she was in the right room. She nodded vigorously and suggested nervously , this was her strategy to learn the language. Being the corporate 'action oriented', 'goal achieving' , 'efficient' person that I am for most of the day, I quickly started off the conversation with introductions. We had a nerdy lost CS engineer from MIT, an over zealous architect, the non english speaking lady with a goal, the beautiful asian girl whose last good read was unknown, somebody called summer who was blond, bright and happy and the Indian IT Engineer. And then there was me.Not really sure why I was in a book club( I have never been in one and Oprah just killed it for me)
We decided we would meet each month and one by one we would recommend books for the group . We started off with 'Istanbul' by Orhan Pamuk. I have a month to finish this.
I also have 'The Time Traveler's Wife', and Kiran Desai's 'Inheritance of Loss' to read as well.
We meet again next month over wine to see how we are doing.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Monday, October 16, 2006
FOMO
The world that I live in right now and will be doing so for the next two years suffers from FOMO aka Fear Of Missing Out.
Parties, Pre parties, Post parties, Social events, Career events, Organized events, Section Retreats, Treks, Hikes, Pub Crawls, Volunteer opportunities, Leadership Roles, Poker Nights, Wine Tasting Nights, Dance Nights, Night out in the town nights .
The myth is that participation will prevent FOMO. I know for a fact that it actually exacerbates it. You come out meeting people who are suffering too and want to be "clued in", "in the loop" and part of the group. Everybody wants to know everybody else and everybody wants to be known.
Take our innate 'desire to belong' and add that to our desire to experience everything at least once since 'it's only one life we live' and you have got FOMO.
Parties, Pre parties, Post parties, Social events, Career events, Organized events, Section Retreats, Treks, Hikes, Pub Crawls, Volunteer opportunities, Leadership Roles, Poker Nights, Wine Tasting Nights, Dance Nights, Night out in the town nights .
The myth is that participation will prevent FOMO. I know for a fact that it actually exacerbates it. You come out meeting people who are suffering too and want to be "clued in", "in the loop" and part of the group. Everybody wants to know everybody else and everybody wants to be known.
Take our innate 'desire to belong' and add that to our desire to experience everything at least once since 'it's only one life we live' and you have got FOMO.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Cool Things
So ,I stood for 45 mins to get inside a swanky club for a guy I had never met , for a birthday I didn't care about.
My new life involves socialising, to an extent, that my smile is always plastered and I always have the same 3 sentences that spout out in smooth, rhythmic motion.
Hey, How ya doin?
So, did you have trouble getting here?
Cool place , eh?
Oh, the tyranny of being "it".
My new life involves socialising, to an extent, that my smile is always plastered and I always have the same 3 sentences that spout out in smooth, rhythmic motion.
Hey, How ya doin?
So, did you have trouble getting here?
Cool place , eh?
Oh, the tyranny of being "it".
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