Our book club used to have these animated discussions where we'd go off on tangents and laugh until our stomachs hurt, but now everyone's so focused on having intelligent insights that meetings feel like graduate seminars and nobody seems to be having actual fun.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group has shifted from genuine enjoyment to intellectual posturing without realizing they've lost what originally drew them together.
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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.