This sounds like an excelent idea, and something which I hope eventually
gets organized and gets a lot of participation. Unfortunately, I will not
be able to attend, but I think that something like this would be a great
help to a lot of people (including myself). I've found that forcing myself
to socialize with people is the only way in which it will become easier in
the future, but often times this is much easier said than done. I've been
thinkng about researching something like this for some time now, and perhaps
someone on here has a suggestion: for those of us like myself who are unable
to attend this event, I wonder if anyone else has suggestions of other ways
in which something like this could be done? This forum is an excelent
source to meet people, and indeed I have met quite a few interesting people
on here, but maybe some people would be interested in setting up a scheduled
chat or something? BTW: Sorry for being so vague about sme of this, but
it's something which I hadn't really thought out yet, but something which I
feel I should write about before I put it asside... :-) At any rate, I'd
like to hear what others have to say about my idea; I'd also like to close
this by once again thanking bigwidesky for "setting things in motion"
(hopefully).
----- Original Message -----
From: "bigwidesky" <bigwidesky@...>
To: <SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 3:45 PM
Subject: [SocialFitnessForum] Seattle Get-Togethers?


> Hi everyone,
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> I've been a reader (and several-time poster) on this group for a few
> years now. I appreciate the thoughtful posts here and the
> willingness of people to share their experiences. It's a good place
> to express thoughts and get feedback in a safe way. But I've also
> been thinking that it would be great to be part of a group that
> actually meets in person on a regular basis to sort through and
> practice some of the issues that we talk about on this discussion
> board. I live in Seattle and I'm wondering if there's anyone else
> here who does as well and would be up for something like this.
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> I haven't given a lot of extensive thought to the structure of the
> group, and would be open to suggestions, but what I have in mind is
> a place to practice talking in a group setting, in a nonjudgmental
> atmosphere. The group could meet every week or every few weeks at a
> cafe or library; we could talk about issues relating to social
> fitness and shyness, or just chat about life, and practice listening
> and responding.
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> I myself can be fairly talkative with people one-on-one, but tend to
> clam up in groups. I've been thinking about ways to practice talking
> in groups and came up with this idea. If anyone is interested, or
> has questions or ideas, respond to this post or to me offline at
> bigwidesky@....
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> A little about me--I'm a 30-year-old female Seattlite who likes to
> write, read, eat and grow organic vegetables, be in nature, and
> spend time with her girlfriend. I tend to have anxiety in social
> situations, but I continue to try to understand it and work with it.
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