The company Christmas party - even more

Walking through the noisy, crowded living room (beer in hand), trying to appear normal, I felt like such a loser. Everyone - and I mean, everyone - seemed to be talking and laughing with someone else. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I was so frustrated at that point, I felt tears welling up in [...]

Christmas parties - a true test

The holiday season always provides ample opportunity to practice my social skills, and this year was no different.
In the past few weeks I have attended two such get-togethers and managed to test drive some of my new skills and experiment with some newly developed theories.
One of my goals this year was to let go [...]