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How to find belonging when you feel like an outsider in new spaces

I joined a pottery class to meet people after my divorce but everyone is twenty years younger than me and I sit in the corner making wonky bowls while they laugh about things I do not understand.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The vulnerability of starting over exposes how much courage it takes to build connection from scratch.

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