Oh, and www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/p... has a deeper dive on the village that's worth checking out too!

- orientation - the north star of your life
- affiliation and belonging - you are a part of the group and belong there.

mlf.org/community-fi... - check them out, support them. This place is amazing and always blows my mind.

- hospitality - it's a place that receives you
- safety and refuge - a place you can be without fear
- stories and memories - we are storytellers at heart and this is the "mortar that holds the bricks of family together"

Home is:
- permanence - it's always there for you
- dwelling - you can melt into it and be yourself.
- embodied inhabitation - it shows the marks of your life in it (heights marked on the door frame, scuffs on the walls, the smell of food.)

Your todo: reach out if we haven't connected in a while. I'd love to hear what you're working on and stay connected. I will be reaching out to several of you and hope to connect soon!

4. Teach others how to manage their social health (especially younger generations.)

3. Look for meaningful connection over meaningless connections (social media is often empty calories of social connection.)

2. Building socially fit teams will be a competitive differentiator for companies.

1. Make a "to-love list" - people to connect/reconnect/go deeper with regularly.

Knapp Daneben, exploding kittens, avocado smash, trash pandas, last message, charades, telestrations, heads up, and one night ultimate werewolf are our tweens favorites.

Night and day. Startups provide a better place to learn on your own, larger companies can provide more mentorship. Faster growth in your career can be there in a startup. Direct line to your impact in startup is clearer. More salary at larger companies (even considering equity at startups.)