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Phayvanh Luekhamhan ๐Ÿธ's avatar

Thank you. As a perpetual host, I agree w everything that is required to be one, but the rewards are so worth it.

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Asra Yousuf's avatar

Thinking a lot about this lately- around creating spaces that you want to be a part of. Beautifully written and thought provoking

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Kasra's avatar

thanks asra!

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Phil's avatar

Love this! And I love the question 'What does a โ€œyouโ€-shaped party look like?' One of mine might be something like an early morning gathering that involves walking + bird spotting

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Kasra's avatar

that sounds like a party I'd wanna be at!!

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Carly Valancy's avatar

I love this... so many inspiring ways to bring likeminded people together.

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Adam Ripley's avatar

I dig it dood. I have such a sour image of cities, but I want to work through that because I know itโ€™s possible for beautiful connections to happen there too. I def want to attend an event when I make it back to that neck of the woods

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Kasra's avatar

would be an honor to have you <3

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Kamil Saiyed's avatar

This is a timely piece of write-up for me as of late I have been trying to find ways to have fun without drinking and spending money. The ideas of gatherings will immediately be put on a roaster to be tried for the coming weekend. Thanks

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Lakshmi's avatar

What a thoughtful and a ponder-full post? ๐Ÿ’› So many things to love, take back and reflect.

Recently, Iโ€™ve been thinking about what an interplay of serendipity, play, reflection and connection look like locally but also if we are able to cross-pollinate themed living essentials across borders?

How might we make the hostsโ€™/ gatherersโ€™ lives easier? What tools, what resources, do we need a community of gatherers to seek cheer, inspo, energy and ideas from each other?

Towards these 2 personal quests - am actively seeking to meet hosts and create curated experiences across 10-12 cities and collect learnings, opportunities and challenges. Maybe they point towards something one can envision to solve. First for depth, then if possible, for scale.

All this for what? For a personal, selfish quest - to increase my own blast radius of serendipity and connection.

Am bookmarking this to re-read many times!

Iโ€™d love to connect and chat more, interested if you could share your experiences in more depth.

Thank you!

PS: am totally stealing the idea of โ€œnotesโ€ to do more uncomfortable things!

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Bill He's avatar

Love to see it! :)

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straightupjac's avatar

banger as usual

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