Third spaces are one part, but honestly the biggest part is literally not having time to spend with people outside of work.
edit: biggest part for me. my friends are mostly able to host at our own houses, and there are low cost (or free) third spaces we have found/created.
if you want a third space, you can actually make your own! kind of. reach out to libraries, local left-leaning businesses, and they might let you set up a weekly salon/hangout kind of thing. community activism!
And then they even try to encroach on that time. When I worked at Chase it was CONSTANT, at least weekly if not several times a week we were asked to volunteer outside of work, attend workshops, spend our own time and money organizing in branch celebrations for various things, join in-house organized groups that had their own meetings and events, etc. etc.
Third spaces are one part, but honestly the biggest part is literally not having time to spend with people outside of work.
edit: biggest part for me. my friends are mostly able to host at our own houses, and there are low cost (or free) third spaces we have found/created.
if you want a third space, you can actually make your own! kind of. reach out to libraries, local left-leaning businesses, and they might let you set up a weekly salon/hangout kind of thing. community activism!
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And then they even try to encroach on that time. When I worked at Chase it was CONSTANT, at least weekly if not several times a week we were asked to volunteer outside of work, attend workshops, spend our own time and money organizing in branch celebrations for various things, join in-house organized groups that had their own meetings and events, etc. etc.
Not just libraries and businesses, but also religious facilities, clubs with a focus on social interactions, etc. Oftentimes they can provide rooms.