“It’s a strange feeling, realising that other people you don’t know have their own, full lives that don’t touch yours.”
― Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
I was raised by parents who were very distrustful and skeptical of the world around them.
I imbibed this skepticism and noticed throughout my life, especially into my late teens and early twenties, that I was starting to become a rather bitter young woman.
Sadly, I seemed to be consumed by the idea that only ill could come from embracing strangers.
In my mind, you were guilty until proven innocent.
This greatly affected my relationships. I struggled to make friends or connect with anyone new for years because I was so scared of getting hurt.
But I knew, deep down, that this unwarranted distrust of people was unhealthy and I sought to change it.
What is Sonder?
The concept of global citizenship wasn’t one I grew up with and the idea of Sonder, “the…
