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When longtime groups lose their original purpose

Our book club has been meeting for seven years but lately it feels like we're just going through the motions and half the time we don't even talk about the book, and I can't tell if everyone else is bored too or if I'm the problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group that once served a clear function is continuing out of habit rather than intention, and no one knows if the others still find meaning in what they're doing together.

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