Other Musings...The Meet-Up Experiment

Recently,  I moved to a new city. Unlike days during my twenty's, I quickly realized that making friends just isn't as easy as it use to be. Perhaps this is because I am married now, or is it that I've changed? I don't feel as outgoing or carefree as I used to be. Or perhaps it is because I moved into a neighborhood that caters to families with young children. I don't a have a child, so there goes the neighborhood icebreaker. Regardless, to circumvent this dilemma, I've decided that it is time to conduct a personal experiment by challenging myself to be more outgoing and meet new people in new situations.

How am I going to meet new people? The answer is The Meet-up Experiment. Specifically, I am going to use Meet-Up, the on-line webpage that connects people with shared interests through offline clubs in local communities. In staying true to this blog's theme of Five Ways To...I'm going to join five meet-up groups and attend at least two meetings at each group. Ideally, I would like to attend one meeting per week for five weeks; however this will depend on the groups I join and their meeting schedule. After each meeting, I will share with you, my many followers, what I experienced, including five ways I inspired myself to meet strangers and five things I learned about myself from each meeting. I will also answer the following questions: 1) Did I enjoy my experiment? and 2) Is it possible for me to make a friend by joining a Meet-Up group?

The five groups I've joined include a speakers group, a social networking group, a writers group, a fitness and health group, and a book club.

So here I go....Will I actually attend the meetings? Check back and see.