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Bennett Jacobs's avatar

This is an awesome essay Vidhika! Very relatable as someone in their 30s who moved to a new city. You've inspired me to go first the next opportunity I have!

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

I'm so happy to hear that, Bennett! 😊

And similar-ish boat here. Looking forward to reading your writing about the topic!

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Tommy Dixon's avatar

Love this essay Vidhika! Really hit home for me as a recent adult and separated geographically from a lot of my friends since graduating and trying to figure out what friendship and new connection looks like. So many great ideas in here! Especially loved "what’s for you won’t go by you”

Awesome work! Celebrate this one :)

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

Many thanks Tommy! So happy that resonated. I actually have a post-it on my monitor with "what's for you won't go by you" as a reminder to myself. :)

And that's definitely a tough transition. Here's to the journey ahead! I'm sure it'll be paved with lots of opportunities for connection in surprising places.

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Sam Nguyen's avatar

Love it! Especially the idea of going first. I think I'm going to try that more, so thank you :)

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

Yay, thank you Sam! That's awesome to hear, looking forward to hearing how that goes. And thank you for all your help and encouragement along the way to getting this piece published!

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Dylan Kurt's avatar

well done!

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

Thank you Dylan!

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Shreya's avatar

Such a heartwarming essay. Thank you Vidhika. I think about this a lot...

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

Thank you Shreya, I'm happy it resonated with you! 😊

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Abhishek Shetty's avatar

Loved reading this Vidhika. I moved to a new city and made some new friends recently. Having that child like wonder and vulnerability is really helpful sometimes. Thanks for writing this!

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Vidhika Bansal's avatar

Thanks so much for reading Abhishek! Happy it resonated and congrats on the move and already making some new friends 😊

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