I can do this alone

(written by lawrence krubner, however indented passages are often quotes). You can contact lawrence at: lawrence@krubner.com, or follow me on Twitter.

I have been thinking about a new kind of meet-a-friend, go-to-an-event site, that starts with the assumption that is often difficult to get your friends to go places with you, and so you need a place to meet instant new people who happen to be doing the same thing you want to do, or are going to the same events on the same evening that you are. I take some inspiration from this:

There will come a time when you say to yourself ,”Fuck it, I’ll do this alone”. I’ve encountered such situation recently where I tried to setup a trip I wanted to go with my friends. Everyone agreed at first, but then one by one, they started coming up with excuses not to go. In the end, the trip was canceled and I was left disappointed as my initiative spiraled to the ground and crashed.

The fact is a lot of people wanted to do things they find interesting, but only a few will consider doing them without companions.

After my disappointment, I realized that I don’t need friends to travel to these exotic countries, or to go to a new restaurant. I can do these things by myself. The world is out there waiting for me to explore and I let my life depend on someone else’s decision.

While it is nice to have someone to go with, you must be willing to go alone as well. If you aren’t willing to do these things alone, you will end up losing a lot of interesting opportunities just because there’s no one around to join you.

This conversation is also good.

Post external references

  1. 1
    http://blog.bucketlistly.com/post/41442384591/fuck-it-ill-do-this-alone
  2. 2
    http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5115874
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