like a buddy
I had an thought the other day and it has made my life so much more relaxed.
I had been feeling uncomfortable and strange hanging out in a house with people working and studying while all i did was read, walk through the woods, and sit and chat.
I didn't feel like i was being myself, just because i didn't know these people and we were constantly around each other.
And i wanted to be close with them.
I wanted to feel wanted by them.
And then came my thought: Why don't you just be as you are with your closest of friends. Why don't you treat everyone you want to know as if they already knew you and you knew them.
And it may seem silly - but for some reason, i just changed my mindset and thought of them as people i've known for years and if that makes them uncomfortable then ill change my plan.
But so far - i really like thinking of everyone this way.
It makes me less awkward.
Less lonely.
It makes me closer.
More connected.
And who doesn't want that?