One thing I love about the internet is that it can give you some really great ideas. Sure, booktok and bookstagram are where I can get ideas on books to add to my tbr, or listen to other people's theories on books that I've read (or might want to read). I can also found countless ideas for recipes to try, or places to visit, or restaurants to hit up. I also have lots of ideas on different Pokémon memorabilia or anything dinosaur related to buy. This is what the algorithm knows I'm more likely to look at.
But this week I got shown 3 great pieces of advice that really have nothing to do with any of that and I'd like to discuss those.
(1) Order Fries For the Table
This could be the most brilliant piece of advice I've heard. The man who posted this mentioned that when he goes out with friends for dinner, when they order drinks, he also orders a few rounds of fries for the table. He said this way they have something to much on while deciding on if they want appetizers or just go straight to the meal. And pretty much everyone likes fries, so nobody is going to be upset when some plates show up at the table for munching.
(2) Advice From Travels
I saw someone posted that for their trip souvenirs, they always bring a notebook with them and ask the people they meet to write a note of advice or encouragement. I thought that was a really neat idea and mentioned it to my friend that I'll be traveling to Boston with in September. We'll see if I actually do this one, but I think it's a cool idea for those people who may be more extroverted.
(3) Save The Dates For All
This one hit me in the feels. This girl was talking about how we always get save the dates for weddings and baby showers ... maybe even graduations. However, for those of us who are single, there aren't many things for us to send invites for people to celebrate with us. So she half-jokingly sent out Save the Dates for her first marathon.
The response surprised her. The overwhelming support she got initially, as well as on race day - from motivating texts/voice messages during training, to people showing they were tracking her progress online and cheering her on during the race, to the congrats she got after was somewhat unexpected.
She mentioned that maybe we don't give our people enough credit by not giving them the opportunity to show up for us in the moments that to the world may no seem big, but to us mean so much. While many of her friends couldn't physically be there for her marathon, they still followed her progress online and sent encouraging messages throughout the race.
This one really got to me because I know I don't give people the opportunity to show up for me. However, the past 3 years I've hosted a birthday party for myself and have had almost 100% attendance from the people I invited. I think I'm going to take this girl's advice and start sending save the dates for big moments for me and begin letting my friends show up.
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