Community
In high school I so desperately needed some sense of community. I joined everything from band to community service to dance groups to better understand the world around me. I became obsessed with participating in groups.
In college I dedicated myself to building community through my organizations (often at the expense of my actual education). I co-coordinated a cultural show who’s sole purpose was to build community for its members. Spent so much time thinking about which games would resonate, what venues people would enjoy, in order to make shared meaning in people’s lives…To see relationships grow.
Now I work on building digital communities. This is a weird feeling. I spend hours trying to figure out the best ways to reach strangers and improve their lives through websites. Ultimately I want the same things: to give people the best possible medium to interact in, to build dialogue and share experiences, to collaborate on shared knowledge. But it exists in an entirely intangible realm and for a company rather than a cause. This transition is odd but at the end of the day its really always about the people.
Ok tireddd…good weekend and totally ready for my work week.
