## Metadata - Author: [[James O'Malley]] - Full Title:: How I Rebooted My Social Life - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might-be-oversharing - Read date:: [[2026-01-02]] ## Highlights > Simply put, *I really like being in my house*. It’s extremely pleasant to live in. The person who I like spending time with more than anyone else lives here with me, and our cats are here too. I have a massive TV, a Playstation 5 and a gigabit internet connection. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdxn44acbh8r5ffct0fd883m)) > It turns out that when you don’t have them, you start to miss connections with other humans. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdxn4semchh0c3cdbm1emv78)) > Strong communities, whether geographic, religious, professional or simply driven by shared interests warp our incentives, and create norms and taboos about what can and cannot be said or done, if you want to maintain standing with the in-group. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdxqjt6habz250a5kqqxc5pr)) > there is clearly social and psychological value in community. [[7]](https://takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/this-might-be-oversharing/#_) Even if it does make truth-seeking more complicated. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdxqk5pqscjcdhw52ackp1gx)) > My premise was simple. I was going to attempt to fill a room with what I described as “the most interesting people I know”. And I was going to do it every month. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdxqmnvkfqyn376ftrtbep4x))