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Exploring what it’s like being a person in the world with other people.
You want a social life, with friends.
A passionate love life and as well
To work hard every day. What’s true
Is of these three you may have two
And two can pay you dividends
But never may have three.— Excerpt from “You Want a Social Life, with Friends” by Kenneth Koch
With so much advice around how to achieve work-life balance, optimise, and avoid burnout, there’s something refreshing about admitting no one has it all together, all of the time.
Like all things, our social lives are a constant work in progress. We’ve all made mistakes, hurt people and been hurt, faced challenging emotions and circumstances.
In a dedicated podcast series, A SOCIAL LIFE, WITH FRIENDS explored both the pleasures and the pitfalls of being a person in the world with other people.
Essays
I delve further into our social lives in my latest project Dailyness. Below, you’ll find a sampler of essays on friendship, connection and knowing yourself:
Podcast episodes
Across eight episodes, the podcast series explored some of the pleasures and pitfalls we encounter in our social lives.
Listen on your favourite podcast platform, such as Apple iTunes, Spotify, or Pocket Casts, and find all archived episodes below: