Busy work lives erode friendships and community ties, but a strong web of connections helps you share burdens and normalize struggles. Social media hides the conflicts and hardships everyone faces. Community brings levity, realism, and the commitment to work through problems together.
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You see, in our work lives, we get so busy that all we have is some time at home and maybe a little time for yourself. But we lose connection with our friends. We lose connections with the broader community. The richer the web of connections we have, the more support structures we've got, the stronger that foundation on which our relationship sits. It creates space. Together, we can share the burden around creating amazing experiences. Both Lizzie and I are lucky to have a large set of friends that support us, that renew us, that nurture us. But it also reminds us when we truly connect with others, that what we think are just our problems are not just our problems. Every everybody has them. So sometimes we run into the story of, oh, look at my life and all these issues. Everybody else has a perfect life and nothing is further removed from truth. Conflicts are a part of life. Arguments are a part of lives. Hardships are a part of life. It's true for all of them. Doesn't matter what we see in Instagram. Everybody has struggles. And that shared that we are going through is what others are going through. Can bring a level of levity into our lives, can bring a level of realism in our lives and keep us committed to our relationships to work through them together rather than escape them.
