Months and months ago I wrote about the importance of getting out of our work space. This has been on my mind lately because I seem to be spending hours in front of my laptop by choice, not necessarily by necessity, so I think it’s a good time to revisit the topic. As the days are getting shorter and here, outside of Chicago, the temperature is starting to drop, it can be a much bigger challenge to get out of the house. The lure of a warm house, cozy bed, handy cup of coffee or tea is very strong, but the potential benefits of going out, meeting new people and hearing different voices and ideas are simply incalculable.
Just last week, I went to a noon lunch and learn featuring a local movie critic. I am not a movie fanatic like my husband, but I simply needed to get out of the house. Wow! It turned out that it was hosted by the library, and I made two new community contacts there. The informal talk wasn’t about movies. It was about the changing face of movie reviews and how he is responding by taking his work to the internet and his own website, the place of YouTube and his challenges in connecting with his followers. Now this was far more interesting to me than I expected and I got some new ideas, contacts and a delicious lunch at a restaurant I had never visited. When I say, “Get out!” I truly have your best interests in mind; I’m not being crabby.
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