Today, I don’t have a hangover. By which I mean… I do have a hangover. But not a normal hangover. Today, I have a bit of a Social Hangover. I like to think that I came up with the idea of The Social Hangover… because I like to think that I’m more original than I
Back when I was here last summer – here being the Philippe Gaulier clown/theatre school, because why should you know where I am right now? – I wrote a couple of posts about being boring and the fears of social rejection. If you want to read those 2 posts, go find them for yourself! You’re
A reflection after Week 2 of Le Jeu at Gaulier As I’m taking it easy following my ridiculous fall yesterday (see previous post… no, you can go and find the link to the post for yourself, I’m not your mother), I’ve been thinking about my general “social ineptness” and a concept we’ve been learning here…
As I write this, I’m just on my way back from doing an intense week of work. I was live blogging all week, covering a robotics trade fair for one of my clients, Robotiq. On paper, this looks just like the sort of activity that would completely destroy me: • Tons of social interaction with
I’m struggling right now. It happens in life, right? I mean, that’s basically what life is — a series of struggles. You overcome one struggle. Then, you do well for a while thanks in part to the skills and strengths that you gained during that difficult experience. Then another challenge comes along that is beyond
Let’s get this straight up front — I am no extrovert. I have never been and I never pretended to be… well, that’s what I thought anyway. In reality, I’m not a fan of the terms “introvert and extrovert” for the same reason I’m not a fan of categorizing ourselves by “Which Friends character are
