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Find Friends in San Gabriel
Where two strangers meet over coffee
Welcome to the San Gabriel community! Here you can discover and connect with people in your area who share your interests and values.
San Gabriel is part of our Greater Los Angeles service area, where we help bring local communities together.
SunflowerSoul
She / Her
Costa Mesa, CA
I keep a photo album of favorite trees I come across so I can imagine I’m sitting under them.
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Where are you at in your life stage?
34f. I'm at a stage where I'm constantly growing and evolving. As a single mom of two and someone passionate about my job in public service, I'm focused on becoming the best version of myself. I'm learning to balance work, motherhood, and personal development while taking my health and well-being more seriously.
How's your life?
Life is busy, but I'm handling it. Between work, managing the household, and being a mom, it can get overwhelming, but I'm dedicated to staying productive and finding ways to improve. I'm eating well, getting enough sleep, and focusing on my health. I’m also trying to make time for creative outlets, even though it can be tough with my schedule.
What helps you keep your sanity?
Yoga, nature walks, and exercise help me stay grounded. I also love diving into graphic novels or dark fiction. Taking care of my health and making more time for art has been my priority recently.
What is most important to you right now?
Right now, my kids, my job, and my personal growth are at the forefront. I'm committed to improving my health, being more productive, and finding positive environments where I can thrive and possibly make friends. Expanding my horizons and learning new things are also really important to me.
Anything you recently found interesting?
I’ve recently been really interested in exploring my area more and finding fun, free resources for creative outlets. I’ve lived here all my life, but there’s still so much I haven’t experienced, and I’m excited to try new things and get back into artistic hobbies.
Where are you at in your life stage?
34f. I'm at a stage where I'm constantly growing and evolving. As a single mom of two and someone passionate about my job in public service, I'm focused on becoming the best version of myself. I'm learning to balance work, motherhood, and personal development while taking my health and well-being more seriously.
How's your life?
Life is busy, but I'm handling it. Between work, managing the household, and being a mom, it can get overwhelming, but I'm dedicated to staying productive and finding ways to improve. I'm eating well, getting enough sleep, and focusing on my health. I’m also trying to make time for creative outlets, even though it can be tough with my schedule.
What helps you keep your sanity?
Yoga, nature walks, and exercise help me stay grounded. I also love diving into graphic novels or dark fiction. Taking care of my health and making more time for art has been my priority recently.
What is most important to you right now?
Right now, my kids, my job, and my personal growth are at the forefront. I'm committed to improving my health, being more productive, and finding positive environments where I can thrive and possibly make friends. Expanding my horizons and learning new things are also really important to me.
Anything you recently found interesting?
I’ve recently been really interested in exploring my area more and finding fun, free resources for creative outlets. I’ve lived here all my life, but there’s still so much I haven’t experienced, and I’m excited to try new things and get back into artistic hobbies.
BalancedLemongrass1
Wow you have a lot on your plate, keep up the amazing work you’re doing!
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BalancedLemongrass1
Isn’t it amazing? It’s such a lost art form these days. Words have the power to convey so much and offer a glimpse into someone’s deepest soul
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Nawusijia
She / Her
Irvine, CA
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Where are you at in your life stage?
Figuring out how to be an adult. I'm 35 years old, have a good career, and have many friends (although they are mostly far away!). But other than these, I feel like I'm just figuring life out.
How's your life?
I'm happy with my life.
It's primarily peaceful. I like the routine of working, gym time, and home. Work makes it exciting. When I travel, I get to go on adventures.
What helps you keep your sanity?
Workout, right now I'm going rock climbing regularly. I like watching TV shows and going out to restaurants.
What is most important to you right now?
My career. It's my passion, and I want to do my best. I also want to figure out how to better adult. How to be more financially responsible, how to eat healthier, etc.
Anything you recently found interesting?
I'm trying to watch more movies and get back to reading. I'm also learning about meditation and mindfulness.
Where are you at in your life stage?
Figuring out how to be an adult. I'm 35 years old, have a good career, and have many friends (although they are mostly far away!). But other than these, I feel like I'm just figuring life out.
How's your life?
I'm happy with my life.
It's primarily peaceful. I like the routine of working, gym time, and home. Work makes it exciting. When I travel, I get to go on adventures.
What helps you keep your sanity?
Workout, right now I'm going rock climbing regularly. I like watching TV shows and going out to restaurants.
What is most important to you right now?
My career. It's my passion, and I want to do my best. I also want to figure out how to better adult. How to be more financially responsible, how to eat healthier, etc.
Anything you recently found interesting?
I'm trying to watch more movies and get back to reading. I'm also learning about meditation and mindfulness.
SunlitNomad
Just dm you. What type of books would you like to read. I just finished Slade house by David Mitchell. Nice and super fun read
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LostInBoba
I’ve been trying to get into meditation and it’s quite difficult to calm the chatter in my mind. The app Calm has a 30 day challenge that really helps! Turning mid 30s is really kicking my butt into high gear about being better overall.
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Chillybee
He / Him
Oxnard, CA
This is a typical afternoon in our world.
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Where are you at in your life stage?
I am married to my lovely wife. We have 3 kids, a 4 year old and 2 year old twins. Both of us work too much for too little money but we are settling into being a family and just trying to find friends to join in our journey through life.
How's your life?
It's mostly great. I like my job and am working to getting further in my career. My kids drive me crazy but I wouldn't change it for the world. My spouse is super supportive of my. We are working together to make healthier life choices for our bodies and our wallets.
What helps you keep your sanity?
I have started 3d resin printing and painting the models and it's so peaceful. I also listen to audio books (typically different nonfiction / fantasy genres). And I really enjoy doing yard work, growing something fun, and keeping it clean and tidy for our kids to play in
What is most important to you right now?
My family. While I love my quiet time I love spending all the time I can with my kids and wife. We work too much to not spend time together whenever we can. And I work as much as I dare to make sure they get what they need!
Anything you recently found interesting?
I just started 3d printing and even newer to painting. I never thought I would have any artistic ability but I am not half bad at the painting!
Where are you at in your life stage?
I am married to my lovely wife. We have 3 kids, a 4 year old and 2 year old twins. Both of us work too much for too little money but we are settling into being a family and just trying to find friends to join in our journey through life.
How's your life?
It's mostly great. I like my job and am working to getting further in my career. My kids drive me crazy but I wouldn't change it for the world. My spouse is super supportive of my. We are working together to make healthier life choices for our bodies and our wallets.
What helps you keep your sanity?
I have started 3d resin printing and painting the models and it's so peaceful. I also listen to audio books (typically different nonfiction / fantasy genres). And I really enjoy doing yard work, growing something fun, and keeping it clean and tidy for our kids to play in
What is most important to you right now?
My family. While I love my quiet time I love spending all the time I can with my kids and wife. We work too much to not spend time together whenever we can. And I work as much as I dare to make sure they get what they need!
Anything you recently found interesting?
I just started 3d printing and even newer to painting. I never thought I would have any artistic ability but I am not half bad at the painting!
Vivio
She / Her
Irvine, CA
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Where are you at in your life stage?
Living the SINK life: single income no kids. :) Very happily in a LDR though it means I feel more single than coupled on a day-to-day basis. Pretty happy with my work as well; it keeps me busy and I don't hate it. I work remotely (amazing commute from the bed to the desk!) and sooommmeettimmmeesss.... I wish I had an office to go into. I miss having random conversations in the kitchen or taking walks for morning coffee or to refresh in the afternoon.
Socially I'm looking to get out there a bit more. Right now probably just looking for some casual friends to spend some time and/or try new experiences with. (If we become besties super cool! If not no pressure. I've learned everyone's path goes their own way and just enjoy the time together.)
How's your life?
Life is going okay. Work is interesting but not keeping me fully occupied so I'm looking for some more! Recently-ish (everything is only 3 months in this post-covid world! or maybe I'm just growing old...) moved down from the Bay Area to be closer to family but I unfortunately left all my friends behind. Plus I'm a homebody and an introvert so it's been hard to make friends. I swing between being lonely and wanting to be ALL THE SOCIALS and being content rolling around the couch. (Couch potatoes unite!)
What helps you keep your sanity?
Playing games and drinking boba! I play one computer game (guildwars 2) and I just turn my brain off as I mindlessly hit buttons. Sometimes I even accomplish something! Otherwise I'm fortunate to have some close friends who will listen to me blah blah blah when things are getting too much. They laugh at my misfortunes; I get emotional release: wins all around! (Don't worry! I won't blah blah on you until we're good friends! I'm an introvert until we're good friends.. then it's hard to shut me up. >:) )
Also boba. When things are good: celebrate with boba. When things are bad: cheer up by drinking boba! Boba solves all. (Welcoming all boba recommendations! I tend to prefer the simple: milk tea or fruit tea and boba.)
What is most important to you right now?
Enjoying my life! I hope to have a family in the future but children are a BIG responsibility. I'll just enjoy my freedom now while I still can! Also looking to set down more roots in OC and make some friends. It'd be great to hang out once every 2-3 weeks and do something new/interesting/fun. (Or we could.. just grab some boba, chit chat, and go for walks? I could probably swing that once a week... I have a very limited social meter that just got shorter over the pandemic!)
Oh.. and maybe becoming more healthy.... maybe... can someone please gift me some motivation? :(
Anything you recently found interesting?
Escape Games: I know they've been around forever but they're reallllyyy so fun! I'm always down for an escape game.
More a shower thought but: The nicer the house/apartment/etc. the more people tend to stay at home and thus build less connections. In contrast if your house/apartment sucks you just always want to go out and then you meet more people! Such a weird aftereffect of prosperity??
Where are you at in your life stage?
Living the SINK life: single income no kids. :) Very happily in a LDR though it means I feel more single than coupled on a day-to-day basis. Pretty happy with my work as well; it keeps me busy and I don't hate it. I work remotely (amazing commute from the bed to the desk!) and sooommmeettimmmeesss.... I wish I had an office to go into. I miss having random conversations in the kitchen or taking walks for morning coffee or to refresh in the afternoon.
Socially I'm looking to get out there a bit more. Right now probably just looking for some casual friends to spend some time and/or try new experiences with. (If we become besties super cool! If not no pressure. I've learned everyone's path goes their own way and just enjoy the time together.)
How's your life?
Life is going okay. Work is interesting but not keeping me fully occupied so I'm looking for some more! Recently-ish (everything is only 3 months in this post-covid world! or maybe I'm just growing old...) moved down from the Bay Area to be closer to family but I unfortunately left all my friends behind. Plus I'm a homebody and an introvert so it's been hard to make friends. I swing between being lonely and wanting to be ALL THE SOCIALS and being content rolling around the couch. (Couch potatoes unite!)
What helps you keep your sanity?
Playing games and drinking boba! I play one computer game (guildwars 2) and I just turn my brain off as I mindlessly hit buttons. Sometimes I even accomplish something! Otherwise I'm fortunate to have some close friends who will listen to me blah blah blah when things are getting too much. They laugh at my misfortunes; I get emotional release: wins all around! (Don't worry! I won't blah blah on you until we're good friends! I'm an introvert until we're good friends.. then it's hard to shut me up. >:) )
Also boba. When things are good: celebrate with boba. When things are bad: cheer up by drinking boba! Boba solves all. (Welcoming all boba recommendations! I tend to prefer the simple: milk tea or fruit tea and boba.)
What is most important to you right now?
Enjoying my life! I hope to have a family in the future but children are a BIG responsibility. I'll just enjoy my freedom now while I still can! Also looking to set down more roots in OC and make some friends. It'd be great to hang out once every 2-3 weeks and do something new/interesting/fun. (Or we could.. just grab some boba, chit chat, and go for walks? I could probably swing that once a week... I have a very limited social meter that just got shorter over the pandemic!)
Oh.. and maybe becoming more healthy.... maybe... can someone please gift me some motivation? :(
Anything you recently found interesting?
Escape Games: I know they've been around forever but they're reallllyyy so fun! I'm always down for an escape game.
More a shower thought but: The nicer the house/apartment/etc. the more people tend to stay at home and thus build less connections. In contrast if your house/apartment sucks you just always want to go out and then you meet more people! Such a weird aftereffect of prosperity??
mugeunji
Recently went to a very nice Vietnamese-owned boba shop called Mirakuru! They’re always changing up the interior decorations & their custom boba cup sleeves~ Plus, their sweetness levels feel actually accurate (not super sweet). Highly recommend :)
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itsjp
Hey girly! I'm not a fan of boba but I get the drinks without boba, lol. I'd love to grab a drink sometime together and go for a hike/walk if you're interested :-)
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lowlyworm
She / Her
Los Angeles, CA
I went to a 35mm showing of Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity <333
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Where are you at in your life stage?
I’m a 20 y/o undergraduate student studying psychology in Los Angeles! I’m a SoCal native but I haven’t explored as much of LA as I’d like to—I’d like to change that and make a friend or two in the process!
How's your life?
Just trying to balance school, internships, and finding time to meet people from all walks of life :)
What helps you keep your sanity?
Creating (I illustrate/design sometimes!), reading (memoirs, fantasy, mystery), and watching every movie under the sun at any local LA theaters (favorites: Princess Mononoke, Tampopo, Ocean’s Eleven).
I also loveee walking and traveling around LA when I have the time and resources to do so (I tend go alone via my college transit pass lol).
What is most important to you right now?
Being secure in who I am! Whether that be through career development, helping my community, or making closer connections with my friends (and potential friends!)—I just want to put myself out there more often, especially as an infp :,)
Anything you recently found interesting?
Not sure what to say here…but you should stream this song (it’s one of my favorites! the character as well 🐈⬛): https://open.spotify.com/track/6VTnxajMD15WSIkbrtpw7e?si=qggEvJmoRNCc526KkNE76g
Where are you at in your life stage?
I’m a 20 y/o undergraduate student studying psychology in Los Angeles! I’m a SoCal native but I haven’t explored as much of LA as I’d like to—I’d like to change that and make a friend or two in the process!
How's your life?
Just trying to balance school, internships, and finding time to meet people from all walks of life :)
What helps you keep your sanity?
Creating (I illustrate/design sometimes!), reading (memoirs, fantasy, mystery), and watching every movie under the sun at any local LA theaters (favorites: Princess Mononoke, Tampopo, Ocean’s Eleven).
I also loveee walking and traveling around LA when I have the time and resources to do so (I tend go alone via my college transit pass lol).
What is most important to you right now?
Being secure in who I am! Whether that be through career development, helping my community, or making closer connections with my friends (and potential friends!)—I just want to put myself out there more often, especially as an infp :,)
Anything you recently found interesting?
Not sure what to say here…but you should stream this song (it’s one of my favorites! the character as well 🐈⬛): https://open.spotify.com/track/6VTnxajMD15WSIkbrtpw7e?si=qggEvJmoRNCc526KkNE76g
lowlyworm
@grateful1 I plan to do communications for creative industries, with a focus on working directly with communities that need it most :) so I’m looking into working with nonprofits and public arts sectors!
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fuzz
Traversing LA by metro is so fun and rewarding There is always something new to discover, What are you reading?
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shloopityshroom
She / Her
Los Angeles, CA
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Where are you at in your life stage?
I'm 21. I've had so many new beginnings this year - I graduated college, started my first full time job, moved into my first ever apartment, and got my first boyfriend. Oh, and I guess now I can legally drink!
I'm in that stage where I'm just experiencing a lot of firsts. It's exciting but scary. I sometimes put off "adult things" that I should be doing simply because I don't want to confront them.... I think I'm still learning how to take care of myself, not just in terms of independence but also in acknowledging that I have the freedom and opportunity to do what I want now and what's best for me.
How's your life?
It's actually...incredible. And because it's so incredible, that scares me. I'm often afraid to be happy because I feel like I have so much more to lose that way.
I'm definitely far happier than I've ever been. People always ask me if I miss being a kid and having no responsibilities, but I don't think there was ever a time where I felt like I didn't have responsibility. When you're a kid you don't understand anything, and you're constantly suffering from other people's problems. You have to deal with so many things you don't fully comprehend or that don't have clear-cut answers. But being an adult is the opposite, and it's so freeing.
I spent the first couple years of adulthood just trying to recover from my childhood. I never thought I would be in such a stable place and definitely not this early on - I am very lucky. I try to be as grateful as I can, but sometimes I can't stop the stress from getting to me. I never thought I'd ever get to have this kind of life, and so I live a large part of my life in fear.
So my life is pretty great, but I'm working on staying present and actually living that life instead of constantly thinking about the "what ifs."
What helps you keep your sanity?
I walk to work, which is already really nice (unless I'm running late, lol), but something I always do when I arrive at my office is stand by the window and take a couple minutes to just watch the sunrise. Recently I've been having to go in later so I haven't caught as many, but I still always go to stand by the window for a few minutes to look out over the city. LA can be really beautiful. It keeps me humble. And grateful.
I also really like to read and whittle. Whittling is very soothing and calms me down; I like to carve and paint little gnomes. I'm a novice so they're nothing spectacular, but I would love to get more into woodworking. It tickles my brain. -- In terms of reading, it's my all-time favorite hobby (passion?). I could go on about books for hours; I love literary fiction, sci-fi, experimental fiction, fantasy, horror, pretty much anything fiction. Reading a book is the only time where I'm really not in my head. I try to read a book every week or two (admittedly, this is a very loose goal; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace took me about 2-3 months to get through because it is so damn long and complicated, haha) and it helps me detach from whatever anxieties I've been having that day. I like to sit in absolute peace and quiet and read for several hours straight. Reading is by far the biggest thing keeping me sane. When I was a kid I used to read in the shower. Also, IDK if this is a thing anymore, but I used to go to El Sereno Library and pick up whole boxes of books because every month they'd get rid of about 100 books that no one ever checked out. I think I owned about 300 books when I moved out. Maybe more. But now about 250 of those are in storage. After graduating college, I purposely picked an apartment next to a library so now I can go there whenever I want lol.
What is most important to you right now?
Working on myself so that I can be a good partner. I know I'm supposed to say that I'm working on myself for my own benefit and not the benefit of others, but I'm not quite there yet.
I started therapy so that I could learn healthier ways of dealing with my emotions. My boyfriend is always the one coaxing me to communicate and express how I feel, and he's been phenomenally patient. He's really good at telling me how he feels and being vulnerable. I hate being vulnerable, and he definitely has had to work at it to get me to open up.
I really care about him and I don't want to lose a good thing just because I never bothered to work on my emotional growth. It's very important to me that I continue to strengthen my communication skills so that we can grow together.
Anything you recently found interesting?
Ants emit oleic acid when they die, which is how ants sense death. So you could coat a live ant in oleic acid and the other ants would just treat it as if it were dead (by avoiding it or trying to carry it off). I remember thinking as I read about this, "Huh. This is pretty profound." Haha.
Where are you at in your life stage?
I'm 21. I've had so many new beginnings this year - I graduated college, started my first full time job, moved into my first ever apartment, and got my first boyfriend. Oh, and I guess now I can legally drink!
I'm in that stage where I'm just experiencing a lot of firsts. It's exciting but scary. I sometimes put off "adult things" that I should be doing simply because I don't want to confront them.... I think I'm still learning how to take care of myself, not just in terms of independence but also in acknowledging that I have the freedom and opportunity to do what I want now and what's best for me.
How's your life?
It's actually...incredible. And because it's so incredible, that scares me. I'm often afraid to be happy because I feel like I have so much more to lose that way.
I'm definitely far happier than I've ever been. People always ask me if I miss being a kid and having no responsibilities, but I don't think there was ever a time where I felt like I didn't have responsibility. When you're a kid you don't understand anything, and you're constantly suffering from other people's problems. You have to deal with so many things you don't fully comprehend or that don't have clear-cut answers. But being an adult is the opposite, and it's so freeing.
I spent the first couple years of adulthood just trying to recover from my childhood. I never thought I would be in such a stable place and definitely not this early on - I am very lucky. I try to be as grateful as I can, but sometimes I can't stop the stress from getting to me. I never thought I'd ever get to have this kind of life, and so I live a large part of my life in fear.
So my life is pretty great, but I'm working on staying present and actually living that life instead of constantly thinking about the "what ifs."
What helps you keep your sanity?
I walk to work, which is already really nice (unless I'm running late, lol), but something I always do when I arrive at my office is stand by the window and take a couple minutes to just watch the sunrise. Recently I've been having to go in later so I haven't caught as many, but I still always go to stand by the window for a few minutes to look out over the city. LA can be really beautiful. It keeps me humble. And grateful.
I also really like to read and whittle. Whittling is very soothing and calms me down; I like to carve and paint little gnomes. I'm a novice so they're nothing spectacular, but I would love to get more into woodworking. It tickles my brain. -- In terms of reading, it's my all-time favorite hobby (passion?). I could go on about books for hours; I love literary fiction, sci-fi, experimental fiction, fantasy, horror, pretty much anything fiction. Reading a book is the only time where I'm really not in my head. I try to read a book every week or two (admittedly, this is a very loose goal; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace took me about 2-3 months to get through because it is so damn long and complicated, haha) and it helps me detach from whatever anxieties I've been having that day. I like to sit in absolute peace and quiet and read for several hours straight. Reading is by far the biggest thing keeping me sane. When I was a kid I used to read in the shower. Also, IDK if this is a thing anymore, but I used to go to El Sereno Library and pick up whole boxes of books because every month they'd get rid of about 100 books that no one ever checked out. I think I owned about 300 books when I moved out. Maybe more. But now about 250 of those are in storage. After graduating college, I purposely picked an apartment next to a library so now I can go there whenever I want lol.
What is most important to you right now?
Working on myself so that I can be a good partner. I know I'm supposed to say that I'm working on myself for my own benefit and not the benefit of others, but I'm not quite there yet.
I started therapy so that I could learn healthier ways of dealing with my emotions. My boyfriend is always the one coaxing me to communicate and express how I feel, and he's been phenomenally patient. He's really good at telling me how he feels and being vulnerable. I hate being vulnerable, and he definitely has had to work at it to get me to open up.
I really care about him and I don't want to lose a good thing just because I never bothered to work on my emotional growth. It's very important to me that I continue to strengthen my communication skills so that we can grow together.
Anything you recently found interesting?
Ants emit oleic acid when they die, which is how ants sense death. So you could coat a live ant in oleic acid and the other ants would just treat it as if it were dead (by avoiding it or trying to carry it off). I remember thinking as I read about this, "Huh. This is pretty profound." Haha.
SneakerInfusion
He / Him
Garden Grove, CA
The moon's been looking great these last few weeks..
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Where are you at in your life stage?
I'm in my early 30's working full time in the non-profit world. Looking to step outside my comfort zone and get more involved into the things that bring me joy. Always looking to improve my self, grow, and learn.
How's your life?
Life is decent, not too much to complain about, but definitely searching for my self after years of moving through life on cruise control
What helps you keep your sanity?
Music and coffee are the main ones! But being able to give back though my work is fulfilling. I am a case manager in workforce services.
What is most important to you right now?
Stepping outside of my comfort zone and finding myself, not to be melodramatic! But also growing professionally and personally.
Anything you recently found interesting?
This online group!
Where are you at in your life stage?
I'm in my early 30's working full time in the non-profit world. Looking to step outside my comfort zone and get more involved into the things that bring me joy. Always looking to improve my self, grow, and learn.
How's your life?
Life is decent, not too much to complain about, but definitely searching for my self after years of moving through life on cruise control
What helps you keep your sanity?
Music and coffee are the main ones! But being able to give back though my work is fulfilling. I am a case manager in workforce services.
What is most important to you right now?
Stepping outside of my comfort zone and finding myself, not to be melodramatic! But also growing professionally and personally.
Anything you recently found interesting?
This online group!
CH
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