My college friend and I used to stay up all night having these ridiculous philosophical debates and making each other laugh, but now our monthly video calls feel like obligation check-ins where we update each other on our respectable adult lives and never access that wild creative energy we used to share.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are sustaining a friendship through social ritual while avoiding the vulnerability and playfulness that originally bonded them.
“Where Are You with Why play matters — evolutionary and psychological case?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.