Notes From the Road: Manchester - A Case of the "I Should Really's" With Professional Socializing
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Hello from Manchester! Home of The Smiths, Joy Division, Oasis, The Buzzcocks and a slew of other amazing musicians.
I’m currently at the Agile Manchester conference, a sister conference to what’s happening in Dallas this week.
And while I say “currently at the conference” I mean I went to a session, and am now taking a break in a café and writing during the next session because these days I need time to digest what I’ve learned or my brain gets overloaded.
I don’t know a ton of people well at this conference. In fact, upon arriving I really only knew one person, and that was someone I had met one time at a conference a few years ago.
I’ve spent much of my life as a social butterfly: bopping around from group to group, saying hello and making connections. My battery would always be filled up as long as I was able to connect with people.
This conference I’m finding myself in quite a different place, which feels awkward and strange.
I feel shy right now, almost reclusive. My normal social bug self is hidden away somewhere, and instead I’m left with this current version, who is a bit foreign to me still.
I also understand, when I really think about it, that there are a few reasons for my hermit nature at present.
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