Sometimes people have trouble splitting work apart from fun. Expectations from both work and fun can start to lump together if you don't keep the two worlds separate, such as something as stupid as refusing to go out for drinks with your boss risking your job security. It's also easier for most people to be critical when the time demands it toward an employee or acquaintance rather than a friend.
It's simply harder to keep things professional once you blend the two together, typically anyway. There's very few people I'd even venture blending the two worlds with. If there's a difference in work position to the point of being able to pull rank, it can get weirder.
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Wait, wtf, you don't "just hangout" with friends?
It's something to do. After enough time alone, even doing absolutely nothing with other people begins to sound tempting.
"Just hanging out" just means there's no real plans of what to do once together. That could become watching movies, playing games, discussing stuff, getting food together, any of that. Yeah those are plans (save for discussion maybe), but they don't have to begin that way.
Some of the best data about people comes from times like "Just hanging out", since it otherwise might be too personal to discuss in public, or it'd interrupt what's being done.
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"Happiness is overrated. I like feeling neutral contentment. It doesn't make me look like an idiot."
Happiness looks idiotic? Do you worry about that?
by TurncoatEdit:
"Happiness is overrated. I like feeling neutral contentment. It doesn't make me look like an idiot."
Happiness looks idiotic? Do you worry about that?
No, lol, I don't. I've just seen how idiotic some people look when they're happy. Maybe they were overly happy. It just seemed a bit ridiculous to me.
I can't usually tell if someone is happy or not unless they tell me or show it in some way, which comes across as a little dramatic with some people.
I am a good socializer I think. When I lived in China for a year, I was free from my parents rules, and I got to be independant for the entire year. All my parents did is send me money. I even got to rent my own flat, and find 2 room mates.
I drank bear, and I baught a motorcycle even. I was very social, and I made a lot of friends.
It was certainly fun. I will admit I miss the variety life has with them because they are less predictable. Where my parents live now though, I don't know anyone. Where they live now is not where I grew up. I have zero friends here. I know I could go make friends, but I will return to China this summer anyway, so I don't bother. I just go out with my sisters occasionally when they invite me, and dedicate this time to the company.
I am certainly an introvert though, and after a night out with friends, I get a relieved feeling when I get home to my computer.
Perhaps life will be different when Google Glass comes out, and we can bring our computers with us.
When I consider my future, I see myself with people around me. I would like to have a nanny who cooks and does laundry, and I will be very good friends with her. Also, I'd like to have a private tutor who I will "hang out" with to improve my Chinese. I'd also like to open an office, and hire marketing managers, and perhaps a secratary, and sales reps, and so that will be more socializing.
I certainly believe that my office shouldn't be in my room because I will say that I feel as if I live the same day over and over now. I wake up, work on my computer all day either working, playing games, or doing homework. Then I sleep again. This will continue for at least another 6-7 months. At that time I will graduate highschool, and then go back to China.
Another thing I'd like to add is there are 2 other factors why I don't go out much. 1 is that it's sometimes cold out. I really dislike the cold, and avoid it. You will be unsurprised to hear that my home in China is on a tropical island in the south China sea. :P The other factor is that my parents are quite strict. Anytime I go out, I have to explain it to dad and often get a lecture about safe driving and stuff. Add to that a really early cerfew, and my hectic sleeping schedule, and it makes it inconveiant at best to go out... for what? so I can spend money on junk food, gas, movies, pizza? Better to save 