realize that making friends and being a friend is a skill
Oh yes, this is so important, and really hard to learn.
To my 12 years ago self: go ahead and volunteer for Obama, you will meet great people and discover a lot of stuff that you are good at. (Yesterday was my 4 year anniversary of the first time I volunteered for Clinton/Kaine and all of the reasons that I had given myself for not doing the same thing 8 years ago turned out to be nonsense!)
I think I've told you before how much I admire you for doing this — after singing karaoke, doorknocking and speaking to people who might be hostile to what I have to say is pretty much my worst nightmare, so I really, really value people who have talents in this area and are prepared to do the work.
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Oh yes, this is so important, and really hard to learn.
To my 12 years ago self: go ahead and volunteer for Obama, you will meet great people and discover a lot of stuff that you are good at. (Yesterday was my 4 year anniversary of the first time I volunteered for Clinton/Kaine and all of the reasons that I had given myself for not doing the same thing 8 years ago turned out to be nonsense!)
I think I've told you before how much I admire you for doing this — after singing karaoke, doorknocking and speaking to people who might be hostile to what I have to say is pretty much my worst nightmare, so I really, really value people who have talents in this area and are prepared to do the work.