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How I deal with the awkwardness of meeting new people

Reflections on navigating social waters

Bruce Flow
Sep 4, 2018 · 5 min read

I am comfortable spending time with myself. Keeping myself occupied is something I do without difficulty. I wouldn’t mind being a hermit monk in the Himalayas. Or a solo astronaut on a flight to Mars.

I do have friends. Friends, with whom I do stuff that friends do.

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Polymath by calling. Software developer by profession. Student of the mind by nature.

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