Lunch

My company moved to a new office last week—a beautiful space in Chelsea. As our team settles into the new digs, we’re all starting to come in multiple days.

Something new: we have an area for lunch. Around noon, many folks come to sit and chit-chat. Even if it’s for 10 minutes, I realized how wonderful it is to shoot the breeze with colleagues informally.

As I reflected, it’s been increasingly difficult to get a regular group of people to meet every day, especially after Covid. I was nostalgic about my school days.

Every weekday, you would sit with your friends in the cafeteria for almost an hour. Just hanging, chatting, laughing. No calendar invites + scheduling conflicts. And you felt excited to go to school to see your people. The learning was a bonus :)

It made me appreciate how much a consistent, accessible community can restore us. Even if things aren’t as simple anymore, a good reminder to seek out (and plan) ways to connect.